MONTROSE, Ohio — Telsa is expanding throughout Northeast Ohio. A former Toys 'R' Us location in Montrose will soon become the new home to a Tesla service center and charging station. The building, which was the site of the toy store before it closed in 2018, will be...
Automotive ‘Country Club’ in the Works for Howell Site
A racecar-loving father-and-son business duo are moving forward with an ambitious plan to bring a multimillion-dollar automotive country club and garage development to a 270-acre site owned by the city of Howell. The project, Motorsports Gateway, calls for 67 private...
Self-Storage Sector Holds Up Amid the Pandemic
A confluence of factors conspired to drive down rents at self-storage properties earlier in the year, but now with new demand generated by the broader disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the sector’s fortunes have stabilized. Though the majority of properties...
Companies Step Up Distribution Automation Under Pandemic Strains
A handful of warehouse robots helped American Eagle Outfitters Inc. cope with a flood of online orders during coronavirus lockdowns as consumers loaded digital shopping carts with hoodies, leggings and loungewear. Now the company is stepping up its use of automation....
America’s Structural Steel Industry Remains a Success Story
Domestic steel mills produced more than 6 million tons of structural steel last year, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. That structural steel supply chain has remained robust, active, and ready to build tomorrow’s landmark structures throughout the...
Proximity to Rail Service to Play a Bigger Role in Industrial Site Selection
A growing truck driver shortage, along with improved efficiency of U.S. rail operations, has more shippers considering rail transportation as a viable alternative to long-haul trucking. As a result, some developers are placing new industrial development projects...
Car-free Streets Could Become Common in Major Cities
San Francisco is the latest city to declare cars off-limits on a major city street, following the lead of New York. The city by the bay will soon close Market Street to cars, giving streetcars, buses, bicycles/electric scooters, and pedestrians free reign. This action...
Specialty Manufacturer Relocates Michigan HQ
Exotic Automation & Supply reports it has relocated its headquarters and ParkerStore from Farmington Hills, MI to newly constructed space in New Hudson, MI. The 135,000-square-foot facility is located at 53500 Grand River Ave. A total of 35,000 square feet of the...
Slower Speed Limits in Urban Areas Offer Multiple Benefits
The most obvious benefit to slower speed limits in cities is improved safety. Fewer crashes and injuries including collisions with bicycles can be expected. But there are other several other possible gains that can be realized by forcing drivers to slow down on...
Dakkota Integrated Systems to Build Plant, Bring 625 Manufacturing Jobs to Detroit
Dakkota Integrated Systems announced today that it will build a $55 million, 600,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Detroit and hire 625 employees. The new facility will be on the east side at the 32-acre site of the former Kettering High School and Rose...
Nissan plans $41 million crash test facility, 25 new jobs in Farmington Hills
Nissan North America Inc. is looking to add a $41 million crash test facility to its tech center in Farmington Hills in a move that would create 25 jobs. The Japanese automaker is in the "final stages of internal review" for the potential project at its Technical...
Land Deals, Incentives OK’d for New Auto Plant in Detroit
Fiat Chrysler can move forward with plans to build a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant in Detroit and invest $900 million to retool and modernize another. Land deals and community benefits agreements tied to the project were approved Tuesday by the Detroit City...
Land Deals, Incentives OK’d for New Auto Plant in Detroit
Fiat Chrysler can move forward with plans to build a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant in Detroit and invest $900 million to retool and modernize another. Land deals and community benefits agreements tied to the project were approved Tuesday by the Detroit City...
Foreign Investors Continue to Prefer Industrial Assets, Latest AFIRE Survey Reveals
Once again in 2019, foreign investors in U.S. commercial real estate indicated they would most like to increase their allocations to industrial properties, according to this year’s survey by the Association of Foreign Real Estate Professionals (AFIRE), an...
Foreign Investors Continue to Prefer Industrial Assets, Latest AFIRE Survey Reveals
Once again in 2019, foreign investors in U.S. commercial real estate indicated they would most like to increase their allocations to industrial properties, according to this year’s survey by the Association of Foreign Real Estate Professionals (AFIRE), an...
E-commerce Driving US Warehouse Construction
E-commerce has changed how Americans shop and, according to a recent report from Dodge Data & Analytics, it’s also changing the way the construction industry builds. Warehouses are being built with greater frequency, but they’re also getting bigger. The total...
What is Your Firm’s Innovation ‘Hit Rate’?
For the better part of a decade, we’ve watched AEC firms and real estate owners and developers pluck business practices, technology, and talent from the tech and manufacturing industries—digital workflows, automation, innovation competitions, hackathons, maker...
One Billion Square Feet of New Industrial Space Built in U.S. Since 2016
According to a new report by Transwestern, there was no slowing down the U.S. industrial market in the fourth quarter of 2018. Despite nearly 1 billion square feet of new inventory delivered in the past three years, vacancy ended the quarter at 4.7 percent, less than...
How Mobility Shifts Shape CRE
From ancient times, transportation has shaped urban areas. One of the common locations for a city is where a river meets the ocean or the most-inland navigable point on a major river. Or think of the car-centric suburbs that flourished after World War II. The next...
Ohio Supplier to Relocate Headquarters to Macomb in $19.9 Million Move
Tooling Technology LLC is relocating its headquarters from Ohio to Macomb Township in a $19.9 million move it says will create 100 new jobs over five years. The automotive supplier plans to uproot from Fort Loramie to Michigan, where 257 of its total 650 employees...
Fiat Chrysler Plans to Open Factory in Detroit to Build New Three-Row, Jeep Grand Cherokee
Fiat Chrysler, riding a wave of strong truck and SUV sales, is planning to build a new final assembly plant in Detroit even as other American automakers scale back operations in the U.S., according to people familiar with the plan. The assembly plant, an old Mack II...
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