[3][5][6] In July 2013 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was finalizing the purchase of the Cornice and Slate Company Building, which had the Metro Times and Paxahau, an event production and management company that produces the Movement Electronic Music Festival.

The acquisition of the Cornice and Slate building would add additional space to BCBS's Greektown facility.

Helen Stojic, director of corporate communications for BCBS, did not state the sale price of the building.

[7] These metal facades permitted elegant ornamentation to be constructed quickly and cheaply, particularly in locations like Detroit where stone was not easily obtainable.

[7] The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company itself fashioned many of the building's simulated carvings from sheet metal.