Jared Fleisher is the Chief Executive Officer of Bedrock, the award-winning real estate developer focused on comprehensive city building initiatives in Detroit and Cleveland. He drives impactful development, cultivates public and private partnerships and attracts businesses and talent through Bedrock’s efforts to strengthen communities.
Previously, Jared was Vice President of ROCK, the Gilbert Family Office, where he served as senior advisor to Dan Gilbert on government affairs, real estate and economic development strategy. In this capacity, he helped create and expand Michigan’s Transformational Brownfield Program; led the development of Michigan’s Strategic Site Readiness Program; enacted legislation to expand Detroit’s convention center and sustain Detroit’s streetcar service; secured historic federal investment in blight elimination; directed ROCK’s advocacy for landmark auto insurance reforms; and crafted legislation to expand property tax relief for low-income families.
Jared additionally led the negotiations for the relocation of GM’s corporate headquarters to Hudson’s Detroit and forged the partnership between ROCK, Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University for the landmark Future of Health project. For more than a decade, Jared has been involved in all of Bedrock’s major civic initiatives and development projects, from executing the record-setting NFL Draft to bringing COSM to Detroit and Cleveland.
Prior to joining Gilbert’s Family of Companies, Jared was an attorney with the Washington, DC firm Squire Patton Boggs.
Jared is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. He is originally from Los Angeles, California and currently resides in Detroit, Michigan.