Majorel, a European-based business-to-business services firm that recently decided to open a Detroit office, announced Monday that it will lease office space downtown where the majority of its new 500-plus Michigan workforce will soon work in person.

The company recently signed a lease for two floors of 211 West Fort Street, a 28-story building across from Detroit's federal courthouse.

Majorel has hired more than 500 people in Michigan since the company announced in February that it had chosen Detroit from more than 50 cities as the location for its "next digital facility."

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The majority of the new Michigan jobs are social media content review positions. The new hires are working remotely until the Detroit office opens in the fall.

The company expects that the majority of its Michigan employees will work in person at 211 West Fort, a representative said. There is enough room on the two floors to fit up to 600 people.

Their arrival will help to regrow the weekday population of office workers downtown, which has declined since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise of work-from-home options for some office jobs.

The city of Detroit faced a projected $53 million revenue loss in its last fiscal year because outside residents who once performed work inside city limits stayed home and worked remotely — and therefore weren't subject to city income taxes.

Majorel did not receive any tax breaks or other incentives to locate in Detroit.

"Majorel's choice of 211 West Fort is a great move because it will bring hundreds of new jobs to a signature building in our city's growing downtown," Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in a statement. "And a lot of those jobs were filled by residents of the city, thanks to Majorel's commitment to prioritize Detroiters through Detroit at Work."

211 West Fort is owned by Grosse Pointe-based real estate firm Foster Financial.

Majorel is headquartered in Luxembourg and says it employs more than 75,000 people in 41 countries.

"We are proud to see yet another innovative, tech-forward company choose Detroit, further demonstrating that our city is the place to be for cutting-edge development and tech talent," Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., said in a statement.

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