NILES, MI-A new energy-producing facility in rural Michigan will include $1.3 million being spent by Indeck-Niles Energy Center L.L.C. to clean up the site. The project also benefits from $16.7 million in aid.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ-The signings, which total more than 50,000 sf, include everything from a pharma company to an insurance firm, a software developer and a spark plug maker.

ORLANDO-Poultry producer Tarek Fakieh of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, has opened Taza, a 7,000-sf, 180-seat restaurant on Sand Lake Road at the Florida Mall in south Orlando and plans to open two other units this year.

KANKAKEE, IL-Located one hour south of Chicago, this city is becoming popular with cost-conscious firms, especially start-ups, who are unwilling to give up services in industrial space, observes Space Center Chicago, Inc. vice president Thomas Casey.