WARREN, MI-Less than a year after concluding a three-year $1-billion expansion and renovation of its sprawling technical center, General Motors is considering investing another $190 million in upgrades to the facility. General Motors is asking city leaders to approve a property tax break on $160 million of the project, which could lead to the transfer of nearly 900 engineering jobs to the city.

The request is independent of a separate GM request, and subsequent city approval, of a series of tax abatements being offered if the world’s largest automaker decides to locate millions of dollars worth of new work at its transmission plant in Warren.

GM executives are reviewing which of its facilities around the world is best suited to place the jobs. That “business case” includes the availability of tax incentives. “We’re asking the city to help in making that business case,” says John M. McDonald, GM communications manager.

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