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Newmark Negotiates 157,642 SF Office Lease for AT&T in Southfield, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Newmark has negotiated a 157,642-square-foot office lease for AT&T at Travelers Tower II, a 13-story office building in Southfield. Daniel Canvasser and J.P. Champine of Newmark represented the landlord, Time Equities Inc., which completed extensive capital improvements. AJ Weiner and Dave MacDonald of JLL represented the tenant. Travelers Towers comprises two interconnected office buildings totaling 810,460 square feet. Tenants include Lucid Motors, R1, MetLife, Willis Towers Watson, RXO and S&P. Roughly 33,786 square feet remains available for lease.

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Eleven New Tenants Join RiverTown Crossings Shopping Mall in Grandville, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

GRANDVILLE, MICH. — Eleven new tenants are joining RiverTown Crossings in Grandville. The leases total 33,208 square feet. Throw it Back Dirty Soda opened its first permanent storefront Aug. 15 on the lower level next to Vito’s Sports Shop. Opening Nov. 15, Sweet Kisses Bakery will be located on the second level near JC Penney. Coming this fall are Addiour Perfume, Summit Comics and Games, Katie’s Heart & Home, Ventrora Perfume, Kako Claw and Cell Repair Xpert. MooZoo Slime Shop has a grand opening scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17. Opening in winter 2026 are JD Sports and Snack’d. RiverTown Crossings is an indoor shopping and entertainment destination in west Michigan.

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Ann Arbor Housing Commission, Related Midwest Break Ground on 330-Unit Affordable Housing Community

by Kristin Harlow

ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Related Midwest and the Ann Arbor Housing Commission have broken ground on The Adeline, a 20-story affordable housing community with 330 units in downtown Ann Arbor. The Adeline will offer a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts, all of which will be reserved for households earning up to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Approximately one-third of units will be set aside for households earning less than 30 percent of AMI. Completion is slated for 2028. The all-electric building will incorporate a geothermal system as its primary heating and cooling source. The Adeline is Related’s first building nationally, and one of the largest affordable housing communities in Michigan, to utilize geothermal energy. The building’s ground floor will include two storefronts collectively offering more than 6,000 square feet of retail space, along with a resident lobby, mail room and package room. Designed by SmithGroup, the tower will sit atop a two-story podium. The second floor will house amenities such as a lounge, multipurpose classroom, indoor children’s playroom, fitness center and resident storage space. The Adeline takes its name from Robert and Adeline Thompson, who in 1964 opened DeLong’s Bar-B-Q Pit in a converted gas station …

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Oxford Cos., Crawford Hoying Receive State Approval for Arbor South Mixed-Use Project in Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Oxford Cos. and Crawford Hoying have received final state approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund Board for Arbor South, a 20-acre mixed-use development planned for Ann Arbor’s south side. Located at 2845 S. State St. near Eisenhower Parkway, Arbor South will include more than 1,000 apartments and condominiums, including over 200 affordable housing units in partnership with the Ann Arbor Housing Commission. Plans also call for 100,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, an upscale hotel, parks, green spaces and gathering areas. Arbor South was approved via the largest brownfield tax recapture plan in city and county history, according to a release. It is moving forward under Ann Arbor’s new TC-1 zoning ordinance, designed to increase transit-corridor density outside downtown. The approval follows two years of planning, refinement and coordination with city officials, state leaders and project partners. Detroit-based Sachse Construction is the general contractor. The project team also includes Detroit-based architecture and design firm Lord Aeck Sargent and Ann Arbor-based civil engineering firm Midwestern Consulting. Pre-construction work is expected to begin this winter.  

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Detroit Tigers, Fifth Third Bank Rename Comerica Park

by Kristin Harlow

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers and Fifth Third Bancorp (NYSE: FITB) have announced that Comerica Park will become Fifth Third Park. The naming rights transition follows Fifth Third’s acquisition of Comerica in February. After the merger, Fifth Third became the largest retail deposit holder in both Michigan and Detroit, established its Michigan regional headquarters at One Campus Martius in downtown Detroit and maintained the Great Lakes Campus in Farmington Hills. Since opening in 2000, the ballpark has anchored Detroit’s sports and entertainment district. Signage updates will roll out during the offseason, and the marquee signage will be installed ahead of the 2027 season. Comerica Park has been the name of the stadium since it opened.

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National Daycare Franchise to Open 12 New Centers Totaling 120,000 SF in Michigan, Nebraska

by Kristin Harlow

MICHIGAN AND NEBRASKA — National daycare franchise The Learning Experience has unveiled plans to open 12 new centers over the next three years, adding 120,000 square feet. Each location will total up to 10,000 square feet of indoor building space with up to a 5,000-square-foot playground. Each center will employ as many as 30 staff members and certified teachers to serve upwards of 180 children between six weeks and six years of age with daycare and early childhood education. Eight are planned for Michigan, with six in the Detroit area and two in Grand Rapids. The other four are planned for Nebraska, evenly split between the Lincoln and Omaha metro areas. The Learning Experience, which is owned by private equity group Harvest Partners, now maintains 491 centers open and operating. The Florida-based franchise opened 57 new centers in 2025 and 29 so far in 2026, with another 305 currently under development.

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Amazon Occupies 312,474 SF Industrial Building in Romulus, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

ROMULUS, MICH. — Amazon has moved into Building 4 at Romulus Trade Center in Michigan. Contegra Construction completed the 312,474-square-foot industrial building on behalf of NorthPoint Development. The property was completed in June after a seven-month construction process and joins five other buildings in the industrial park, which is located on the other side of I-94 from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Built on a speculative basis, the property features rear-loading and cross-docked options, LED lighting and 45,000-pound dock levelers. Prior to completing Building 4, Contegra began construction on Building 6 in the same development. The 282,909-square-foot, single-load building is slated for completion in November. Romulus Trade Center is slated to total nearly 2 million square feet across six buildings. The development will also include a 27-acre retail corridor, including Michigan’s first Sheetz convenience store and a Tesla Supercharger station. Contegra worked with subcontractors D&R Earth Moving, B&B Concrete Placement, Southern Roots Steel Erectors and Daniel’s Glass.

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ICP Acquires 426,788 SF Corporate Campus in Kalamazoo, Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Industrial Commercial Properties LLC (ICP) has acquired 1 Financial Parkway, a three-building, 426,788-square-foot corporate campus situated on 55 acres in Kalamazoo. The property’s I-1 zoning allows for a variety of office and industrial uses, giving ICP flexibility to reposition the campus for a broad range of users. ICP plans to market the campus to companies seeking office, industrial, technology, corporate headquarters and other flexible business environments.

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Phoenix Investors’ Affiliate Acquires 1.8 MSF Industrial Complex in Saginaw, Michigan

by Matthew Auchincloss

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors, a company specializing in revitalizing former manufacturing sites, has acquired a three-building, 1.8 million-square-foot industrial complex in Buena Vista Charter Township, which borders the city of Saginaw, from international auto supplier Nexteer Automotive. The sales price was not disclosed. The three buildings are known locally as Plants 5, 6/1 and 7. Nexteer will continue to occupy nearly 1.3 million square feet across Plants 6/1 and 7, and those facilities are expected to continue operating as normal during the transition period. Approximately 552,000 square feet in Plant 5 is currently available for lease. As of January 2026, the portfolio of Milwaukee, Wis.-based Phoenix Investors totaled 85 million square feet spanning 27 states.

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