PONTIAC, MI-Most city officials have signed off on projects such as removing the Woodward loop, selling city parcels and opening a covered riverbed. Developers will be solicited for certain key parcels.

ANN ARBOR, MI-According to the Detroit Regional Economic Partnership, MSX International has opened its new headquarters in Southfield, and Pfizer has purchased land in Ann Arbor for future laboratory facilities.

SAGINAW, MI-The city will buy 314 N. Hamilton and a neighboring property after an environmental investigation and sell them for redevelopment.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The office supply store chain puts nearly 70,000 sf on the sublease market in Jackson, Sterling Heights and Westland, hiring Friedman Real Estate Group to find new tenants.

PLYMOUTH, MI-A 125,214-sf food and beverage center leased to McLane Foodservice, Inc.here will be the starting point for deliveries to fast-food franchise outlets in Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-The retail REIT also may use part of its $10.7 in proceeds from the sale of a Hickory, NC community shopping center to fund future acquisitions and redevelopment projects.

NOVI, MI-The inability of Novi Expo Center to draw a hotel operator to a property at an I-96 interchange results in a lawsuit Adell Bros. Children's Trust, which is trying to void a 40-year lease.

DETROIT-The state gives State Fair Development Group 30 days to pack its bags. The final straw, it says, is a horse center and barn weren't built in time. More important, a $200-million development never materialized.