LANSING, MI-Some $70 million in property investments are planned in four Michigan communities. Material Sciences Corp. is spending a quarter of that on its 54,000-sf technical center in Plymouth Township.

DETROIT-Michigan is on the receiving end of about $4.5 million worth of federal brownfield funding, including $1 million for the Wayne County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to support cleanup activities.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust has added a key tenant to the 166,000-sf Southfield Plaza community center in its hometown. Burlington Coat Factory and Marshall's anchor the center.

LANSING, MI-Two Michigan manufacturers plan more than $30 million in expansions to their industrial properties. Single Business Tax credits and property tax abatements are paying one-third of the costs.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-DTE Energy is creating a first of its kind hydrogen energy center in Southfield. The project will be at Detroit Edison's Southfield Station on the northeast corner of 11 Mile and Inkster roads.

DETROIT-The Detroit office market remains challenged by cost cutting efforts at the Big Three, a national report says. The CBD vacancy rate is better only than Oklahoma City.

HOWELL, MI-Kevin Brady, a west side commercial and residential land development specialist, has been named to the Genoa Township zoning board of appeals in Livingston County.

NOVI, MI-The Second City comedy club will soon be playing at a new venue in a deal announced with a local restaurant and entertainment group. It had been located in the Hockeytown Cafe on Woodward.