SOUTHFIELD, MI-A major national commercial brokerage company is opening a Detroit office, prompting a shuffle in the local marketplace. Bill Lee, founder of Lee & Associates, is starting the firm's first Michigan office, and a former Grubb & Ellis broker has plans to manage it.

DETROIT-The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. announces it will strip itself of nearly half its 650 grocery stores, including its Farmer Jack and Food Basics operations based in Detroit.

TROY, MI-Walsh College certificate program puts focus on commercial finance. The Certificate in Commercial Lending may also be used for advanced standing toward the MBA or MSF graduate degree programs or non-degree graduate certification.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-A German manufacturer expands its operations in Michigan, enlarging its R&D Center. The expansion is a $6.7 million investment will allow the company to further frow its engine testing and measuring operations.

KALAMAZOO, MI-After months of searching for a new leader, the Kalamazoo-based economic development agency names Ronald Kitchens as the new CEO. For the past five years, Kitchens served as president and CEO of a similar organization based in Corpus Christi, TX.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Farmington Hills-based Kalabat Cos. plans a $25-million, 175-unit condominium development with supporting retail in Southfield's Cornerstone District, while Novi-based Crosswinds Communities plans an $18-million condominium development of 80 units at Northland Drive and Northwestern Highway.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Farmington Hills-based Kalabat Cos. plans a $25-million, 175-unit condominium development with supporting retail in Southfield's Cornerstone District, while Novi-based Crosswinds Communities plans an $18-million condominium development of 80 units at Northland Drive and Northwestern Highway.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-A format traditionally used for sweeping documentaries at museums, the IMAX is making a rapid push into for-profit multiplexes. In the first non-museum location in Metro Detroit to sport an IMAX theater, the big screen is making way to a commercial theater in Sterling Heights.