CANTON TOWNSHIP, MI-About 694,000 sf of stores, at a cost of more than $75 million, may be going in along Ford Road. "The retail is following on the heels of these people who have money to spend," one planner says.

MORAN TOWNSHIP, MI-Enhancements totaling $1.3 million to the current Mackinac Bridge viewing area will improve the observation building, pave access roads, as well as add a walking path, picnic areas and landscaped islands.

NOVI, MI-Eberspaecher North America Inc. is pushing through a site plan with the Novi city council to build a permanent $25-million headquarters facility at 12 Mile and Haggerty roads.

MORAN TOWNSHIP, MI-Enhancements totaling $1.3 million to the current Mackinac Bridge viewing area will improve the observation building, pave access roads, as well as add a walking path, picnic areas and landscaped islands.

DETROIT-The $5.5-million complex near Chandler Park, which includes 24-hour childcare facilities and other commercial services, reflects the administration's goal to improve services in the neighborhoods.

YORK TOWNSHIP, MI-Industrial developers will be sought for the property near the state's Center for Forensic Psychiatry. The extra acreage will be not needed for expansion of the hospital for mentally ill criminals.

ANN ARBOR, MI-High-speed optical sensing device manufacturer Picometrix will expand its operations here, adding 243 new jobs. The company will lease 52,000-sf in a $28.8-million expansion rather than relocate to Austin, TX.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The retail REIT with more than 40 retail properties sees increased revenues and net income but continues paying a lower dividend, and lower payout rate, than it did last year.