DETROIT-Industrial vacancies in the metro area are running between 10.6% and 13.9%. The decline in the number of firms--many by bankruptcy or smaller firms that simply faded away--equates to a shortage of jobs, and there is little relief on the horizon.

HURON TOWNSHIP, MI-Following years of legal and financial delays, design of the 1,200-acre mixed-use park is starting to take shape. Development of the entire park, which will consist of shops, hotels and a business/technology sector, is expected to cost about $7.5 million.

HURON TOWNSHIP, MI-Following years of legal and financial delays, design of the 1,200-acre mixed-use park is starting to take shape. Development of the entire park, which will consist of shops, hotels and a business/technology sector, is expected to cost about $7.5 million.

DETROIT-Robert Thompson, a local philanthropist, puts forward new plan to fund and open charter schools in the city. According to Thompson, the proposal is in response to the urging of supporters.

NOVI, MI-The Meadowbrook Medical Center located here and the Williamsburg Townhouse Cooperative in St. Clair Shores obtain financing for construction and refinance, respectively.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-TRW says it is building a new plant here, while shuttering a nearby plant as well as a facility in Jackson. Construction on the proposed plant, which would be located a Mound and 19 Mile roads, would begin in 2006.

ROYAL OAK, MI-A popular Michigan restaurant chain has opened a new 5,900-sf flagship restaurant at 430 S. Main St., one block south of its former Royal Oak location.

ROYAL OAK, MI-A popular Michigan restaurant chain has opened a new 5,900-sf flagship restaurant at 430 S. Main St., one block south of its former Royal Oak location.