The department is charged with facilitating the efficient delivery of economic development services to and for Southfield-based companies and those looking to locate in the City of Southfield. http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/Business/tabid/114/Default.aspx

1. City of Southfield
Welcoming Global Businesses
 Southfield’s central location provides easy access to metro area major
highways and Detroit Metropolitan Airport
 Southfield boasts more office space than the central business
districts of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Indianapolis or Kansas City
 98 % of the City is accessible to high speed fiber optic network,
broadband, and satellite services; backbones to network traverse the
community

2. City of Southfield
Welcoming Global Businesses

3. City of
Southfield
Welcoming Global
Businesses

4. City of Southfield
Welcoming Global Businesses
Corporate Growth – Southfield's 48034 zip code is one of America's top 101 zip
codes for corporate employment – companies with 100 or more employees.
 Join more than 100
Fortune 500
companies that call
Southfield home
 Join Lear, Microsoft,
RL Polk, United
Healthcare, & many
other major
corporations
 Center of a region
with strong economic
assets with many
opportunities in
emerging sectors as
well as automotive,
defense, robotics, and
more

5. City of Southfield
Welcoming Global Businesses
 Southfield is a global epicenter of job opportunity in
engineering, architecture, and technology
Southeast Michigan has the
highest concentration of
technology-related
employment in the Midwest
and trails only California’s
Silicon Valley nationally in
architecture and engineering
employment.

6. Lawrence Technological University
Welcoming Global Businesses
Lawrence Technological University,
www.ltu.edu, was founded in 1932.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek lists Lawrence
Tech among the nation’s upper third of
universities for return on undergraduate
tuition investment, and highest in the
Detroit metropolitan area.
Lawrence Tech is also listed in the top
tier of Midwestern universities by U.S.
News and World Report and the
Princeton Review. Students benefit from
small class sizes and experienced faculty
who provide a real-world, hands-on,
―theory and practice‖ education with an
emphasis on leadership.
Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 102-acre
campus include over 60 student clubs and
organizations and a growing roster of
NAIA varsity sports.

7. Healthcare Hub of Innovation
Welcoming Global Businesses
 Healthcare
Institutions
Southfield's Healthcare
Corridor is growing
rapidly, with nationally
ranked world class health
care facilities
 Healthcare
Education
Oakland County
Community College
continues to expand,
GME General Surgery - Providence Hospital, primarily in nursing and
Southfield, Michigan allied healthcare fields

8. Healthcare Hub of Innovation
Welcoming Global Businesses
The 365-bed Providence Hospital is part of the largest health system in
southeast Michigan — St. John Providence Health System. The hospital is
Southfield’s largest employer.
Providence Hospital
 Employs 3,400 staff and
1,500 physicians
 Specialty areas include
Behavioral Medicine,
Cardiovascular Services,
and Oncology
 Named a Top 100
Cardiovascular Hospital
each year since 2001
The EP Lab at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan

9. Come see today what Southfield has to offer!
Welcoming Global Businesses
 Targeted Assistance
Southfield will work with state,
regional and local partners to gather
the essential information and tailor an
incentive package exclusively for your
company
 Cutting "Red Tape"
Southfield is a certified
Redevelopment Ready Community
– that means that we aim to cut the
―red tape‖ and get your business up
and running in Southfield as
quickly and painlessly as possible.
Our City is dedicated to providing
unparalleled customer service to
ensure that your project will move
from concept to reality with
minimum interruption.

10. Come see today what Southfield has to offer!
Welcoming Global Businesses
Southfield offers a complete living Located in Oakland County, with
community, featuring a nationally recognized easy access to most metro area
public school system, 10 colleges and expressways, Southfield – The
Center of It All™, offers both a
universities, and more than 770 acres of park
cosmopolitan, culturally-diverse
land. residential population of more
than 71,000 residents and a
thriving international business
community. With a daytime
population nearing 175,000, and
over 27 million square feet of office
space, Southfield is truly
Michigan’s undisputed business
center.
Residents and businesses alike
come to Southfield for its central
location, excellent city services and
easy access to all of southeastern
Michigan.

11. City of Southfield
Welcoming Global Businesses
Rochelle Freeman
Business Development Manager
City of Southfield
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield MI 48076
248-796-4161 office
248-250-1898 cell
rfreeman@cityofsouthfield.com
For more information visit www.cityofsouthfield.com