DETROIT-The old Michigan Central Depot in southwest Detroit is Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's choice to be the city's new police headquarters. Although it is favored for a number of reasons, a deal has yet to be worked out between the city and the building's owners on the renovations that would be needed.

TAYLOR, MI-Friedman real estate has negotiated a 12,000-sf lease for light industrial space in Taylor. The tenant, Commercial Tire Services, is expanding into the Detroit market.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI-The $1 million grant will assist in the cleanup of the former Traverse City State Hospital brownfield site to eventually be redeveloped into a mixed-use commercial and residential project.

DETROIT-More than $2 billion worth of industrial construction projects are in the works for the fourth quarter of the year in Michigan, a new report says.

TROY, MI-iCap forecasts a volatile market for the rest of 2003. The company thinks that given interest rates are at or close to 40-year lows, there is more risk rates will rise significantly than fall significantly.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI-Construction is now under way on a 10,000 sf veterinary diagnostic lab in this Detroit suburb. It is described as the largest veterinary lab now being built anywhere in the country.

LIVONIA, MI-Grubb & Ellis has been named listing agent for almost half a million sf of office space in Livonia.

NOVI, MI-Ramco-Gershenson signs a lease for a 90,000-sf Gander Mountain at its West Oaks Shopping Center here. Gander replaces a closed Kmart.