DEARBORN, MI-The automaker decides its museum was needed more as a space for employee meetings. The $25-million Spirit of Ford automotive adventure center will be renovated beginning in early March.

DETROIT-Joe Nederlander's hotel idea is no longer viable as a lawsuit over racetrack at Michigan State Fairgrounds drags on. A new high school and store will be built at the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.

ANN ARBOR, MI-The company will help design an eight-story, state-of-the-art complex providing an additional 1 million sf of office space inside the campus of GM's Warren Tech Center.

DETROIT-Bloomfield Hills,MI firm is building telecommunication hotel complex in Southfield, MI. Lease rates will be between $17 psf and $19 psf , triple net, for 40,760-sf and 44,000-sf buildings in Southfield TechneCenter II.

ROYAL OAK, MI-The Detroit suburb would get the first automatic parking garage as part of new $30-million condominium complex. The garage costs about the same as a normal parking structure but can park twice as many cars.

DETROIT-It may not be Silicon Valley, but Digital Detroit wants the region to have a name for its high-tech area. It is offering a Palm Pilot to the person who comes up with the best moniker by Feb. 24.

DETROIT-A Non-profit development corporation gives money to city to rebuild the

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI-The model-train company shifts use of headquarters here while sending jobs overseas. Distribution and corporate headquarters will remain here and extra space will be used for storage.