Thursday, June 11, 2015
The long-awaited official opening of Cardinal Health Inc.’s $30 million medical products distribution center is slated for Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in downtown Detroit.
Top officials of Cardinal, Henry Ford Health System and Detroit Medical Center, which collaborated with Cardinal Health on the 275,000-square-foot center at 6000 Rosa Parks Blvd., and developer Kirco Management Inc. of Troy, are scheduled to make remarks.
VIPs making remarks will be Nancy Schlichting, Henry Ford CEO; Conrad Mallett Jr., DMC’s chief administrative officer; Alan Kiriluk, Kirco’s founder and chairman; and Steve Inacker, Cardinal Health’s president of hospital sales and services.
The Dublin, Ohio-based medical supplier is expected to bring about 140 jobs to Detroit from its current Romulus center.
“We know that thriving, local health systems are vital to the health of a community,” said Inacker. “Our collaboration with Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System enables us not only to support revitalization efforts in the city but also to drive supply chain efficiencies for our customers across Michigan, northern Ohio and northern Indiana."
In 2010, Henry Ford Health System announced it would embark on a $500 million redevelopment project south of its campus off West Grand Boulevard near Henry Ford Hospital.
The project, dubbed the south campus park plan, is expected to eventually include residential, retail and business projects on about 300 acres bounded by West Grand Boulevard to the north, the Lodge Freeway to the east, I-94 to the south and 14th Street to the west.
Schlichting said the 18-acre Cardinal Health project was always seen as a catalyst for the expansion over the next decade.
“With all the work going on downtown, the M-1 Rail project and now the Cardinal Health development, we’re thrilled to be part of the city of Detroit’s economic renewal,” Schlichting said.
“With more than 100 years in Detroit, Henry Ford Health System has always believed in investing in the community beyond providing health care. We anticipate this development could lead to further revitalization in the city.”
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