ANN ARBOR, MI-More commercial space opening in Ann Arbor means vacancy rates are unlikely to improve, according to Swisher Commercial's survey.

DETROIT-The final, "Crowning Achievement" is in the works for the Detroit Opera House with a $20-million renovation campaign.

DEARBORN, MI-Two mixed use developments in Dearborn have won city approval, including one on the site of a former Jacobson's store.

TROY, MI-The federal government has chipped in $450,000 to help pay for a technology center and headquarters for Automation Alley. Its function will be to promote the commercialization of new automotive technologies.

BLOOMFIELD, MI-Hemlines are up, but the shopping center owner's stock gets downgraded: Taubman gets two reports, and the results are decidedly mixed.

HOLLAND, MI-Hope College will begin construction this spring on two new buildings worth a total of $34 million, including a field house and a communications center.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI-Target and Kohl's will join Meijer at a planned shopping center in Gaines Township, MI, according to Grubb & Ellis Paramount. Demographics make this part of Michigan prime ground for retail development.

DETROIT-The city's Big Three have joined a lawsuit that would block a plan to develop two new hospitals in the suburbs here.