FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI-Farmer Jack anchors the shopping mall that Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust pays $10.8 million to acquire. The REIT plans to rebuild the center, continuing with its value-added strategy.

ROYAL OAK, MI-One of Southeast Michigan's largest hospitals adds a new $17.5-million emergency center and a $42-million research lab expansion. It also is working on a new 614,000-sf south tower wing.

ANN ARBOR, MI-University of Michigan students will benefit from both complexes, which will have residential space at one and research facilities at the other. Students will work with residents, studying the effects of aging.

ANN ARBOR, MI-University of Michigan students will benefit from both complexes, which will have residential space at one and research facilities at the other. Students will work with residents, studying the effects of aging.

TROY, MI-The city will look at ordinance amendments to allow for more multifamily uses in the city, which have been banging on the city's door for years. The city also lacks apartments and condominiums, officials say.

NOVI, MI-The city is forced to give away portions of North Novi park, or pay Sandstone Associates $69 million for its role in the failure of a mixed-use project. The city also agrees to another 70,000 sf of development.

PLYMOUTH, MI-Besides breaking ground on the second phase of Sheldon Place here, DeMattia Group has also started construction on a 56,000-sf light manufacturing speculative building at Washtenaw Business Park in Ypsilanti.

LANSING, MI-Representatives vote to defeat a resolution that would have allowed an American Indian tribe the rights to build a new gaming facility anywhere in the state. Allegan County was the likely location.