LIVONIA, MI-Leaving a 40-year-old building in Detroit, the grocery store chain leases a 362,000-sf facility from New York-based Ashley Capital to move goods more efficiently with higher ceilings and modern truck wells.

QUINCY, MI-Warehouse pallet provider taking advantage of $2.7 million in tax breaks to build a 330,000-sf building, which will consolidate operations now based in Alabama and West Virginia.

DETROIT-Nine plans are being carried out by transition team staff of the new mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, including an economic development plan and core neighborhood development plan.

COMSTOCK, MI-A former 2.2-million-sf stamping facility in Kalamazoo County is on the block with Signature Associates. Located in a Renaissance Zone, most state and local taxes can be abated through 2015.

TROY, MI-An office developer receives a zoning change for a planned $55-million office building in this Detroit suburb, where leaders want a consistent site plan and assurances vacancies won't increase with another complex.

ANN ARBOR, MI-McKinley Associates founder Ronald N. Weiser, developer of 20,000 multifamily units and 7 million sf of commercial space, is selected by President Bush to promote good will in Slovakia.

ANN ARBOR, MI-McKinley Associates founder Ronald N. Weiser, developer of 20,000 multifamily units and 7 million sf of commercial space, is selected by President Bush to promote good will in Slovakia.

LANSING, MI-New laws will change municipal zoning rules to allow for more density on single and multifamily developments while providing developers with incentives to preserve open spaces.