Bluestone, Oxford move into new space in downtown Ann Arbor

Not every business moving into downtown Ann Arbor these days is a high-tech start-up. Bluestone Realty Advisors and Oxford Property Management are also staking their claim in the city’s center.The two companies will share what used to be the space occupied by ICON Creative Services at 312 S. State St. The nearly 20 workers are leaving their space near Briarwood Mall for new downtown digs on Aug. 20.”The general consensus is we all wanted to be there,” says Neal Warling, president and CEO of Bluestone Realty Advisors. The second-floor space in the turn-of-the-century building already has a loft-like appeal with its exposed brick, beams and skylights. Warling plans to turn it into more of a nouveau industrial-type atmosphere with more metallic and streamlined details.”It’s going to be very cutting edge,” Warling says.Source: Neal Warling, president and CEO of Bluestone Realty AdvisorsWriter: Jon Zemke