SOUTHFIELD, MI-Verizon Wireless opens a $25-million switching center in an undisclosed technology park suburban Detroit. Security upgrades include a 10,000-gallon diesel tank and a generator that can run for up to 100 hours at a time.

PORT HURON, MI-The automotive supplier leases a 58,000-sf industrial site in Port Huron Industrial Park after considering a move to Ohio. The company will take over a building at 2630 Dove Rd. formerly occupied by the Donaldson Co.

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-Smaller tenants and users buy and lease space in three separate deals arranged by Grubb & Ellis Co. brokers. That includes the sale of a 4,847-sf building in Warren, as well as a 7,623-sf lease in Shelby and 5,810-sf lease in Sterling Heights.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-Agree Realty reports a 99% occupancy rate at the end of the second quarter, with only 1% of its 3.5-million-sf portfolio coming up for renewal this year.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI-Taubman Centers tenants had sales of $833 million in the second quarter, which on a per sf basis is up 8.3% for the quarter and 10.4% for the first six months of the year.

DEARBORN, MI-The International Council of Shopping Centers' meeting at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn Aug. 12 will include a review of the redevelopment status of several malls and big box locations around the state.

DETROIT-The city council approves plans for a 35-acre, 100-store The Shops at Gateway Park along Eight Mile Road, the largest such development in the city's 300-plus-year history, as well as the largest such urban "lifestyle" center in the US.

BINGHAM FARMS, MI-Malan Realty Investors, Inc. sells Kmart property at 2801 Calumet Ave. in Valparaiso, IN for $1.8 million. The REIT owns a portfolio of 19 properties totaling 1.2 million sf.