Rock Ventures
Rock Ventures LLC is the holding company for businessman Dan Gilbert's portfolio of companies, investments, and real estate. It is based in Detroit, Michigan and engaged in community development in both Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio. Its over 110 affiliated companies included the Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage.
History
Rock Ventures was founded by Dan Gilbert in 2007. By 2018, Rock Ventures accounted for 17,000 jobs in the City of Detroit, making it the largest employer and taxpayer in the city. It had more than 100 companies under its umbrella at that time.Holdings
Rock Ventures owns a stake in more than 100 companies.Financial services
- Trust & Will
Investment
- 100 Thieves
- Dwolla
- Ethos Technologies
- Filson
- May Mobility
- Robb Report
- Shinola
- StockX
Real estate
- Rocket Companies
- Rocket Mortgage
- Forsalebyowner.com
- Redfin
- Rocket Close
Sports and entertainment
- Cavs Legion GC
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Cleveland Charge
- Cleveland Monsters
- Cosm
- Rock Entertainment Group
- Rocket Arena
- Rec Room
Bedrock
Bedrock Management Services is the commercial real estate development and management division of Rock Ventures. It was founded by Dan Gilbert in 2011, a year after moving Quicken Loans to downtown Detroit.Bedrock is the largest owner of private property in downtown Detroit; by 2018, it had invested or allocated $5.6 billion in development in Detroit. It owns over 100 buildings, including:
- 1001 Woodward
- Ally Detroit Center
- Book Tower
- Buhl Building
- Cadillac Tower
- Chrysler House
- David Stott Building
- Detroit Free Press Building
- Federal Reserve Building
- First National Building
- Hudson's Detroit
- Globe Tobacco Building
- L. B. King and Company Building
- Millender Center
- One Campus Martius
- One Woodward Avenue
- The Qube
- Savoyard Centre
- The Ritz-Carlton Cleveland
- Tower City Center
- Vinton Building
- Wright-Kay Building