DETROIT-The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit hopes to raise money to build or renovate buildings in five communities to the tune of an additional 443,000 sf. The goal breaks down to $35 million in contributions and $35 million in tax-exempt bond sales.

ROYAL OAK, MI-An eight story mixed-use building in this suburb's Downtown will feature condominiums and retail space. It is the second of three phases in the $50-million Main Place development.

PONTIAC, MI-Commissioners fail to override County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's veto, so a February referendum is canceled. Annexation into the city may now proceed to allow for an 80-acre mixed-use development.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The developer is erecting a build-to-suit in Southfield for a credit union, and has just bought a 174,392-sf office building here from the Archon Group L.P. of Irving, TX.

DETROIT-Whole Foods replaces Merchant of Vino stores in metropolitan Detroit. Six stores had remained open following a $40-million merger deal in 1997. Meanwhile, plans are in the works for a mega-health food store in Ann Arbor.

ALBION, MI-The Michigan Economic Development Corp. wants to turn an unused brownfield into a tax-paying property with a new industrial park. A $33,500 loan finances demolition and clean-up costs.

DETROIT-Pinnacle Aeropark, located south of Metro Airport, will host a myriad of

MUSKEGON, MI-The retail chain will close all of its 176 remaining stores and a Fostoria, OH distribution center by March 31, rather than 133 as previously announced. Quality Stores, Inc. sold 170 stores last year to satisfy bondholders.