BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI-Topics for the all-day event include using tourism for economic development, downtown revitalization, small business development and brownfield redevelopment.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-The shopping center REIT with approximately 11.5 million sf of gross leasable area in 12 primarily Southeast and Midwest states hands out a dividend of $0.42 per share, similar to its pay-out in 2000.

TROY, MI-A coalition of developers, builders and government officials are promoting smart growth policies through public conferences, including one next month focusing on traffic gridlock in the metro area.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI-The $200-million airport shopping mall will feature almost 200 stores, more than half new to the Tampa market, in 1.26 million sf. It is the third mega-mall opened this year by Taubman Centers Inc.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI-The dividend of $0.46 per share is the same as last year's third-quarter distribution from the operator of neighborhood community shopping centers and single-tenant retail properties.

EAST LANSING, MI-A new 150,000-sf laboratory at Michigan State University, scheduled to open in fall of 2003, can help track down food problems and diseases such as the West Nile Virus, Gov. John Engler says.

DETROIT-The state's land fund, bankrolled by oil and gas royalties from rigs on state

ROYAL, OAK, MI-The mixed-use development will now consist of condominiums, retail space and offices. Schostak Bros. will "focus completely on meeting the demand for sophisticated in-town residences" in this Detroit suburb.