Housey Pharmaceuticals, has announced plans to expand its office and research laboratory space in Southfield. Instead of locating in North Carolina's Research Triangle, Housey decided to locate its $4.1-million research laboratory facility in the Detroit Region based on the area's sizable, well-trained workforce in the medical sciences.

President and CEO Dr. Gerard Housey says the Midwestern work ethic and the area's "healthy year-round, family-oriented lifestyle," were also deciding factors. Housey will add 88 jobs when the expansion is completed.

Eberspaecher North America has broken ground on a 66,000-sf technical center in Novi, MI. The manufacturer of exhaust systems plans to house 75 employees in the $25-million center, which should be completed by the beginning of 2002.

Huron Precision Parts Corp. has broken ground on a 180,000-sf building in Chesterfield Township. The facility will include a 130,000-sf manufacturing facility as well as a 50,000-sf office building.

Belgium-based Recticel has signed a lease for a 260,000-sf facility to be constructed on 18 acres in Independence Township, MI. The facility will house laboratories, manufacturing and expand its North American headquarters. The company will use the new site to manufacture molded parts for automotive interiors for Tier 1 automotive suppliers. The $36-million project will create 286 jobs.