BIRMINGHAM, MI-One 100,000-sf store here sells, while another deal is close in the disposition of the retailer's former digs forced by bankruptcy. A store in Jacksonville, FL and corporate headquarters in Jackson, MI also are available.

CHICAGO-The automaker asks the developer to build a high velocity center and high cube center, both totaling 735,000 sf, to distribute car parts to its dealers in the Carolinas and Virginia.

DETROIT-Champion Foods, GM and automotive arm of TRW make decisions to stay or move to Michigan the area over other sites, thanks to more than $26 million in tax credits.

MONROE, MI-La-Z-Boy, which is experiencing slow rise in profit from recent weak sales in the past year, is expanding new 16,000-sf store format geared toward women and higher-income buyers.

DETROIT-Construction is expected to begin next year on the 260,000-sf building, where about 275 Federal Reserve employees will oversee banking activities in the Midwest region. The city sells the land for about $3 million.

SOUTH LYON, MI-The local architectural firm is handling four private hotel conversions to national chain locations for more than $20 million. The company is looking for more work beyond the projects in Atlanta; Chattanooga, TN; Springfield, OH and St. Louis.

TROY, MI-The second massive office project in this city by the developer--275,000-sf--does not have any tenants yet, a company official confirms. Kojaian Cos. has not joined other developers who have slowed construction.

ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI-Jefferson Beach Properties high-rise retail and multifamily project needs preliminary approval by the city. However, the primarily residential Macomb County suburb faces severe budget deficits.