FRANKLIN PARTNERS REVIVES WEST MICHIGAN MANUFACTURING PLANT

WYOMING, MICH. — Franklin Partners is redeveloping and renovating 4247 Eastern Avenue S.E. in Wyoming. The company is raising the roof on the 324,000-square-foot factory, which was declared functionally obsolete, from 15 to 32 feet clear height on more than 70 percent of the building. Once completed in March, Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Undercar Products plans to utilize the facility to manufacture automotive components. Built in the 1950s, the facility has been vacant since 2007. Franklin had partnered with Canada-based Rooflifters to add the addition clear height to the existing building. Additionally, Franklin Partners plans to upgrade the buildings' exterior and construct offices and an enhanced parking area. Colliers International | West Michigan brokered the building transaction with Undercar Products.