The company held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning for the future five-story building. Plans include a large training and conference center and a five-story parking deck. Construction is expected to cost $100 million.

Wilson said the project made sense from a employee location standpoint."The 800 merged employees are in leased space at the American Centre complex in Southfield. We were just running out of room. This will give us more room for more employees," she says. The project will create 1,300 new jobs, says Kelly Hale from Lt. Gov. Dick Postumus' office.

The building is expected to be completed by 2002. The architect is Harley Ellis of Southfield, and the construction manager is the Walbridge Aldinger Co. of Detroit.