NOVI, MI-Two couples are suing after a FOIA request turns up documents that the city refused to release regarding 75-acre developer settlement, says attorney.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI-The company wants shareholders to wait 10 days until board can look at $20 a share offer; Simon wants two-thirds of shares tendered by February 14.

TROY, MI-The retailer will take $1.7-billion hit as it closes stores in 44 states and Puerto Rico in an attempt to emerge from bankruptcy. One of its 18 distribution centers in Texas also will close.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, MI-Summit Place is drowning with about 40% vacancy, so the township and Los Angeles-based owner Namco eye a 70,000-sf venue with indoor water slides, wave pool and lazy

LAS VEGAS-Greenwich, CT-based Gordon Group wants to exit its joint venture with Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group on its mall site adjacent to Caesar's Palace, while increasing its stake in Bloomfield Hills, MI-based Taubman Centers Inc.

AUBURN HILLS, MI-Car seating manufacturer Faurecia gets site plan approval for a 99,000-sf facility, with the possibility of later addition, on seven acres in Auburn Business Park. J.A.R. Development Co. of Farmington Hills is the developer.

DETROIT-The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning most recent assessment of potential redevelopment of the city focuses on the Downtown riverfront. A final presentation by five teams of professionals is today.

FERNDALE, MI-Redevelopment of an old building site for a 176,000-sf mini-storage facility is one of first in the "8 Mile" commercial area near the Motor City. The Nolan Brothers of Texas Inc.'s $3.5-million project is getting help from tax increment financing.