Dec. 5—Lansing — Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. will invest $750 million in its southwest Michigan facility to increase capacity for manufacturing sterile injectable medications, creating 300 new jobs, the company announced Monday. A Pfizer executive announced the investment Monday morning at a news conference with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state officials. The $750 million in new ... Read More

Construction is progressing on two giant manufacturing plants in Hardin County that will employ 5,000 people and produce batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. The $5.8 billion BlueOval SK Battery Park in Glendale, outside Elizabethtown, is on track to begin production in 2025, the battery park’s operators said in a news release. The facility is a joint venture between Ford Motor ... Read More

After years of planning and fundraising, the Bluhawk sports complex in south Overland Park is set to finally break ground Wednesday. The indoor facility, the official name of which has yet to be announced, will cover 20,000 square feet and include basketball, volleyball and pickle ball courts. The space will also feature an indoor turf, several batting cages and an ice rink. The facility is ... Read More

Nov. 29—Great Lakes Water Authority and Oakland County road commission officials are teaming up on the second phase of significant infrastructure improvements near the Rochester Hills and Shelby Township border that they say will boost traffic flow and pedestrian safety, along with reliability of a water main that serves more than 1 million residents. The improvements along Avon Road are ... Read More

In an ongoing journey to economically grow and strengthen Midwest Native American communities, three Michigan tribes have come together to form a real estate development, construction and property management company called Aki Construction. Odawa Economic Affairs Holding Corporation in Petoskey is part of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. In the southwest side of the state in ... Read More

Material and labor shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with rising interest rates, have delayed breaking ground on a mixed-use development project near East Peoria's City Hall. But Ty Livingston, East Peoria's director of planning and development, hopes the delay will only last a few months. He said the developer is targeting the groundbreaking for spring 2023. The development ... Read More

RICHMOND-The replacement of Central State Hospital is likely to cost as much as $400 million, which would be an increase of almost $50 million to replace a sprawling, deteriorating complex that is a linchpin for institutional care in Virginia's fragmented mental health system. State officials acknowledged last month that construction of the project will not begin until next fall and be ... Read More

The first bond resolution that will lead to building a new elementary and middle school was passed Tuesday by the Wooster City Schools Board of Education After extensive discussion, master planning committee meetings and community informational and input sessions, the board decided to move ahead with the committee recommendation to construct a new elementary school and a new middle school. On ... Read More

Nov. 16—Olympia Development and Related Companies plan a $1.5 billion in development that will bring housing, office, retail and two hotels across 10 properties in the District Detroit. The firms released details about the developments Tuesday and announced plans to hold the first meeting later this month with area residents under the city's community benefits ordinance. Developers say the ... Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation's largest public utility has proposed building a $216 million solar farm project in Kentucky atop a capped coal ash storage pit at one of its coal-fired power plants. The federal Tennessee Valley Authority voted Thursday to advance the initiative at Shawnee Fossil Plant in Paducah. The utility called it a first-of-its-kind pilot project that would convert ... Read More