{"id":18038,"date":"2018-09-05T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=18038"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:49:59","slug":"guardhat-moves-hq-downtown-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/guardhat-moves-hq-downtown-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardhat Moves HQ to Downtown Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrei Login<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guardhat, an industrial safety technology developer, has completed the relocation of its headquarters from\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/mi\/southfield\/\">Southfield, MI<\/a><\/u>, to the Lane Bryant Building in\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/mi\/detroit\/downtown-detroit\/\">downtown Detroit\u2019s growing tech district<\/a><\/u>.\u00a0The move to the 5,000 square-foot space at\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-property\/us\/mi\/detroit\/1520-woodward-ave\/\">1520 Woodward Avenue<\/a><\/u>\u00a0follows the company\u2019s continued expansion in recent years.\u00a0With satellite\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/co\/boulder-county\/boulder\/\">offices in Boulder, Co.<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/il\/chicago\/\">Chicago, Ill.<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Bangalore, India, and Paris, France, Guardhat\u00a0plans to accommodate an additional 10 employees in the new headquarters by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-property\/us\/mi\/detroit\/1520-woodward-ave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lane Bryant Building<\/a><\/u>\u00a0is among downtown Detroit\u2019s historic gems, as it dates back to 1917, when company founder Lena Bryant and her husband were expanding due to the early success of Lane Bryant\u2019s line of maternity and plus-size clothing for women. Dan Gilbert\u2019s\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedrockdetroit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">full-service commercial real estate firm Bedrock<\/a><\/u>\u00a0purchased the property in 2011 and completed an extensive renovation program in 2013, as the building had been\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/detroit.curbed.com\/2013\/10\/29\/10181926\/renovated-and-ready-lane-bryant-building-awaits-tenants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">vacant since the early 1980s<\/a><\/u>, and required significant restoration. App developer Detroit Labs moved into the newly-revamped top two floors in 2012, and Guardhat now\u00a0<u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crainsdetroit.com\/real-estate\/iot-tech-startup-guardhat-moves-southfield-downtown-detroit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">occupies<\/a><\/u>\u00a0a space on the third floor.<\/p>\n<p>Nestled between Grand Circus Park and Campus Martius Park, and just two blocks south of Comerica Park and Ford Field, 1520 Woodward includes both office and retail space and is an ideal address for emerging tech companies. Industry juggernauts like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and LinkedIn also have offices in the area, as does Rocket Fiber, one of the Motor City\u2019s leading internet service providers.\u00a0<u>Detroit is among the nation\u2019s fastest-growing start-up hubs<\/u>, with\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/informedinfrastructure.com\/41554\/leading-industrial-iot-technology-company-guardhat-relocates-hq-to-the-core-of-downtown-detroits-burgeoning-technology-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">hundreds<\/a><\/u>\u00a0of new companies operating in financial technology, mobility, marketing and technology development.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2014,\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/guardhat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Guardhat<\/a><\/u>\u00a0is a pioneer in high-tech software that is designed to improve the standard hard hat, through both wearable hardware and intelligent software. It is meant to detect and alert workers of potential hazards by monitoring their vitals and working environment. Moreover, in case of incidents, the smart hard hat will be able to establish audio and video contact with the injured workers, as well as detect toxic gas buildup.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Saikat Dey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/leading-industrial-iot-technology-company-guardhat-relocates-hq-to-the-core-of-downtown-detroits-burgeoning-technology-district-300704441.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a> that \u201cDetroit\u2019s\u00a0established manufacturing industry and developing tech community provide the perfect backdrop for Guardhat, as represented by the city\u2019s adept manufacturing identity and intelligent software ingenuity. We couldn\u2019t be more excited to play our part in the city\u2019s continued growth and revitalization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrei Login Guardhat, an industrial safety technology developer, has completed the relocation of its headquarters from\u00a0Southfield, MI, to the Lane Bryant Building in\u00a0downtown Detroit\u2019s growing tech district.\u00a0The move to the 5,000 square-foot space at\u00a01520 Woodward Avenue\u00a0follows the company\u2019s continued expansion in recent years.\u00a0With satellite\u00a0offices in Boulder, Co.,\u00a0Chicago, Ill.,\u00a0Bangalore, India, and Paris, France, Guardhat\u00a0plans to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":18046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,93,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial-real-estate-news","category-mixed-use","category-office","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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