AUBURN HILLS, MI-William C. Griffiths joins the manufactured home producer next month from the fluid systems division of Charlotte, NC-based technical products provider SPX Corp. He replaces interim boss Albert A. Koch of Southfield consulting firm AlixPartners LLC.

MILAN TOWNSHIP, MI-A plan to develop some 4,900 acres in Milan Township outside Ann Arbor is drawing mixed reviews. Crosswinds Communities plans a project, which would include retail space to serve the new rooftops for 21% of the township's area.

PLYMOUTH, MI-An automotive supplier has broken ground to add to its campus, where it builds the Mercedes CLK Convertible, the Audi A4 Cabriolet and the Chrysler Crossfire coupe and convertible.

DETROIT-Mulugetta Birru takes over as head of the newly-formed Wayne County Economic Development Corp., coming from the Urban Redevelopment Authority in Pittsburgh. He converted an abandoned steel mill into a mixed-use development there.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI-Two car washes is one too many for a quarter-mile stretch of 23 Mile Road, the township board decides. It nixes a more ambitious plan for a car wash plus an 8,165-sf industrial building.

TROY, MI-Meijer Stores and Flagstar Bank reach an agreement to open four new bank centers inside Michigan Meijer supercenters, hailed as promoting the one-stop-shopping concept.

BAY CITY, MI-The owner of a minor league baseball team and Democratic media consultant is gauging possible support for bringing a team to the Bay City area by 2006 if he gets a stadium.

DETROIT-Etkin Equities will develop a $40-million office building and parking deck next to Ford Field near Downtown Detroit. An upscale 130- to 200-room hotel on the site of the former Hudson's warehouse also is in the works.