Midwest

LANSING, MICH. — General Motors has announced it will build a $44.5 million parts assembly facility at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant. The 2.5-million-square-foot plant, which opened in 2001, is where the automaker builds Cadillac vehicles. General Motors plans to construct the 400,000-square-foot building adjacent to the plant to sequence and assemble parts to make manufacturing more flexible at the site. “This project is the latest example of how we’re doing business differently in General Motors today,” says Christine Sitek, manufacturing manager of General Motors North America. “We’ve developed an innovative material strategy that increases efficiency and improves quality to benefit our customers, employees and the bottom line.” General Motors hopes to have the building open and providing parts by the end of 2014, according to the Washington Post.

COLUMBUS, WIS. — Enerpac, a division of Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Actuant Corp., announced it has begun construction on a new 167,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Columbus, about 30 miles northeast of Madison. The building will be owned by Zilber Property Group and leased to Enerpac, a manufacturer of hydraulic products and industrial tools. Enerpac has outgrown its current headquarters located at W12500 Westbrook Crossing in Menomonee Falls, Wis., and will move into the new facility in December. Zimmerman Architectural Studios of Milwaukee designed the building, and C.G. Schmidt is constructing the facility.

ADDISON, ILL. — Virginia-based furniture retailer Haynes Furniture has signed a long-term lease for 215,400 square feet of industrial space at 180 N. Meadow Road in Addison. Haynes Furniture is expanding into the Chicagoland market and chose the distribution facility to service their forthcoming Lombard, Ill., retail store. The 265,058-square-foot industrial building is located in the Central DuPage submarket of suburban Chicago. The building is 81 percent occupied and was formerly occupied by The Pampered Chef. Mark Moran, Steve Connolly, and Kelly Disser with NAI Hiffman’s industrial services group represented American Realty Advisors in the transaction. Al Rodenbostel of Arcore Real Estate Group represented Haynes Furniture.