Bloomfield Hills-based Great Expressions Dental Centers could add up to 100 new jobs in Oakland County by the summer, under a plan to move its corporate headquarters and consolidate two practice support centers into the Onyx Office Plaza in Southfield.
Parent company ADG LLC, formerly American Dental Group, is leasing about 30,000 square feet in the Onyx building, compared with an estimated 15,000 square feet at its previous Bloomfield Hills headquarters. It plans to gather 250 local employees in Southfield from its current corporate offices and a practice support center, along with 80-100 jobs from another practice support center in Norcross, Ga.
“We had an opportunity to first get the office space in the Onyx, and an opportunity to move out of a Georgia facility, and we think we’ll end up with some efficiencies from it,” said CEO Richard Beckman. “It will help us create much better communication in the field with professionals, and for management it’s easier to talk with one voice, out of one location.”
AGD claims more than 2,000 employees through practice support centers and other offices, and manages about 400 dentists, hygienists, orthodontists, periodontists and other related professionals through affiliated Great Expressions Dental Centers PC companies in 10 states. Beckman said about 25 of the 125 employees in Georgia will be transferred or assimilated into other offices in the area, while the remaining jobs will relocate to Southfield and combine with the Bloomfield Hills practice support center.
The company has management service contracts for dental and oral hygiene professional groups in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The consolidation means ADG will be hiring clerical and administrative employees who typically earn $15-20 per hour to help handle purchasing, accounting, human resources and other “back office” functions for its professional practices, Beckman said.
Great Expressions has maintained the Norcross support center since it acquired Nanston Dental Group in 2010 and contracted to manage its dental practices in Atlanta.
The company expects to have its Bloomfield Hills personnel in the Southfield office plaza by March, and finish consolidating the Georgia office support staff by the summer.
