DETROIT-Friedman contradicts other area experts, says the Detroit office market is not softening or struggling, just merely in a holding pattern.

DETROIT-A tool-and-die manufacturer receives a $4 million tax-free bond from the state coffers to buy, renovate and expand a plant.

DETROIT-The firm negotiated the sale of a 16,400-sf industrial building in Farmington Hills for $600,000 and the leasing of 37,696-sf of industrial space in Westland.

DETROIT-The Trenton, MI city board is willing to plunk down $250,000 to come up with answers about acceptable uses for 315 acres of shoreline land. SmithGroup consulting has been hired to work with property owners on the study.

ERIE COUNTY, MI-The Southfield architects chosen to control the design team building new facilities for Pennsylvania bay on Lake Erie. The facility is scheduled for completion in 2004.

DETROIT-About $21 million in state-funded road improvements will encourage new developments across Michigan, according to the governor.

WARREN, MI-The Warren Tank Plant building, with more than 1.1 million sf, has been demolished on the inside to accommodate new industrial uses; about 600,000-sf still available.

LYON TOWNSHIP, MI-After a threat of annexation to neighboring Wixom, Lyon Township agrees to install infrastructure for the new 200-acre Q Industrial Park to be developed by Quadrants Inc.