JACKSON, MI-Consumers Energy tabs director of real estate Bruce Rasher, former two-term mayor of Marshall in south central Michigan, to lead its economic development programs.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-Fifth Third Bank officials tell GlobeSt.com it plans to open 14 new banks in the Detroit region this year and 14 more next year. Fifth Third hopes to double its size from 76 locations over the next five years.

TROY, MI-Michigan's second largest locally-based bank has opened locations at 425 N. Lapeer Rd. in Oxford and 20355 Hall Rd. in Macomb Township, in buildings constructed for the bank.

PONTIAC, MI-The new World Hockey Association says its Detroit franchise will play its home games at the Pontiac Silverdome, which would demolished in various mixed-use redevelopment proposals.

WARREN, MI-The governor has appointed a panel of state leaders to lobby on behalf of two Detroit area military bases as the Defense Department prepares to close as many as a quarter of its domestic locations.

MADISON HEIGHTS, MI-The Michigan restaurant chain will build a new prototype on John R near 13 Mile Road, replacing a location owned by franchisee Chuck Darany. It will be part of a Sam's Club retail development.

DETROIT-The firm now has more than 15 million sf of industrial space in its management portfolio after landing three contracts totaling 565,221 sf. It also has 2.5 million sf in its office division by picking up 231,177 sf.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Through its Team Schostak Family Restaurants, mall operator Schostak Brothers has entered into a partnership with Olga's Kitchens, which operates in several Schostak-owned properties, to create free-standing restaurants.