DETROIT-Ford Field, a new domed stadium with 1.3 million sf is where the game will be played. The $300-million facility is scheduled to open in 2002.

DETROIT-Lease rates went up while construction was down in the third quarter, says CB Richard Ellis in its third quarter market report. Absorption is up 10% from the same quarter a year ago.

TROY, MI-The Hayman Co. will oversee property management after the $100-million project is complete. The project, about one-third completed, will create more than 700,000 leasable sf on 60 acres.

DETROIT-Milwaukee Investment Co., the owner of four parcels of land near the Detroit River, is close to deal with the city for a sale. The city is having difficulty acquiring land along the riverfront needed for three casinos.

WARREN, MI- RFS Hotel Investors REIT has sold the Hampton Inn for $5.4 million, realizing a $2 million profit.

COLUMBUS, OH- Glimcher Realty Trust hires Scott McCarthy as senior vice president for development. McCarthy was vice president development at Taubman Centers.

JACKSON, MI- Big box store joins shopping mall center.

DETROIT- State eases liability laws for brownfield development.