The company paid $6 million to buy about 100 acres north of itscurrentMetroWest Technology Park, which currently includes tenantssuch as DowCorning, Metaldyne and Collins & Aikman.

Detroit owned the property, which is a portion of about 800acres of formerprison land spread across Plymouth and Northvilletownships. The city ofDetroit is trying to get rid of all theunused property to raise money forits budget."We didn't need allthat property, it's mostly residentially zoned," saidGary Roberts,president of DeMattia.

He said the new property will expand MetroWest, and will featureup to 15build-to-suit facilities."Looking at the original park, wehave some buildings that are 12,000-sf,and some that are400,000-sf," Roberts told GlobeSt.com. "It should bearound900,000-sf total when built out. We're going to put about $10millioninto infrastructure, like roads, sewers, etc."