DETROIT-Farmer Jack says it will close three Detroit locations and 10 others in the metro area as part of a cost cutting move.

ROCHESTER, MI-The owner of Mitzelfeld's department store says he will attempt to lease the space in Downtown once his store closes at the end of the month.

BRIGHTON, MI-Brighton city planners have given the OK for a new 92-suite Homewood Suites hotel in the city, thus doubling the number of its hotel rooms.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI-CB Richard Ellis handles the lease of 180,000 sf of cold storage space in Michigan's second largest city.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The office market in the Livonia, Farmington Hills, Novi, West Bloomfield area shows no sign of recovery in the near term, according to a report by Grubb & Ellis Co.

DETROIT-Four apartment buildings in the city, representing over 600 units, have changed hands in one deal.

DETROIT-Mayor Kilpatrick says he will announce plans for more convention space in the city at a Friday luncheon.

DETROIT-The stock prices of several metro area REITs enjoyed a positive year. Taubman, Ramco-Gershenson and Agree Realty, among others, finished up in 2003.