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| Company type | Private holding company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Dan Gilbert |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman |
| Owner | Dan Gilbert |
| Subsidiaries | Amrock, Rocket Companies, Bedrock |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Rock Ventures LLC (doing business as ROCK)[2] 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.[3] Its over 110 affiliated companies included the Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage.
History
[edit]Rock Ventures was founded by Dan Gilbert in 2007.[4] 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.[5]
Companies
[edit]Rock Ventures is the parent company of more than 110 companies.[3]
Financial services
[edit]Investment
[edit]Real estate
[edit]Sports and entertainment
[edit]Bedrock
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Bedrock Management Services (commonly known as Bedrock Detroit) is the commercial real estate division of Rock Ventures.[6][7][8] It was founded by Dan Gilbert in 2011,[7] a year after moving Quicken Loans to downtown Detroit.
Bedrock is the largest owner of private property in downtown Detroit;[9] by 2018, it had invested or allocated $5.6 billion in development in Detroit.[7] It owns over 100 buildings,[7] including:
- 1001 Woodward
- Ally Detroit Center
- Book Tower[10]
- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Story". ROCK. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Rock Family Office". rock.com. ROCK. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ a b "About Us". rockventures.com. Rock Ventures. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ "Rock Ventures LLC". Tharawat Magazine. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Feloni, Richard (18 August 2018). "Billionaire Dan Gilbert has already bet $5.6 billion on Detroit's future, but money can't solve his biggest challenge". Business Insider. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Gilbert's Rock Ventures Buys Two More Buildings Downtown". CBS News Detroit. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ a b c d Feloni, Richard; Lee, Samantha (2018-08-30). "Billionaire Dan Gilbert has invested $5.6 billion in nearly 100 properties in Detroit — see the full map of exactly what he owns". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Muller, David (2013-10-15). "Dan Gilbert buys two more downtown Detroit buildings". MLive. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Reindl, J. C. (2017-12-04). "Dan Gilbert's Bedrock buys iconic Buhl Building in downtown Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Austin, Dan (28 August 2015). "Dan Gilbert to buy Detroit's abandoned Book Tower". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
