DEARBORN, MI-The 66,000-sf, $17-million Benson Ford Research Center will house thousands of items, including more than 1 million photos and nearly 100,000 volumes, recording the first 50 years of Ford Motor Co.

DETROIT-The city, along with neighboring Dearborn, would have to give up 81 homes and 99 businesses to allow space for terminal expansion. A public hearing is tentatively scheduled for November.

DETROIT-A Michigan Senate committee is looking into potential wrongdoing in the sale of 36 acres of State Fairgrounds land here to developer Joe Nederlander. The Senate government operations committee has met twice in the past two weeks, most recently on Thursday, to interview witnesses and hear presentations of the different parties in the transaction.

DETROIT-About 900 acres of city-owned former prison land in Northville and Plymouth townships, worth $31.5 million according to one recent appraisal, could help keep Motor City's head above water in 2001-02.

PONTIAC, MI-The city of Pontiac says it will lose millions if the football team leaves before its lease is up. The team says it allows for earlier redevelopment The case goes to a circuit court judge Oct. 17.

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, MI-Grubb & Ellis is marketing the 233-acre park at I-96 and M-59 in Livingston County. Buildings of 50,000 sf and 15,000 are available for lease while 10 acres are for sale.

DETROIT-The tier-one automotive supplier agrees to have the Detroit arm of CB Richard Ellis handle its portfolio and transactions for all acquisitions and dispositions throughout North America.

LANSING, MI-Brownfields, landfills, storage tanks, and abandoned wells are targeted by Senate Bill 291, part of the $675-million Clean Michigan Initiative. More than half goes to clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.