Michigan
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Location Spotlight: Consumers Energy
If you’re expanding or relocating, consider Michigan and Consumers Energy – let’s work together to accelerate your business.
Industry 4.0: Making Connections In Michigan
Michigan is investing in a connected, smart manufacturing future, heralding a new age of automotive design and autonomous vehicles
Acrisure Investing $33M In Michigan HQ Relocation
The global insurance broker will create 400 new, high-paying jobs in downtown Grand Rapids, is area's first to win Good Jobs for Michigan support.
Pure Michigan Means Pure Opportunity
With its affordable cost of living, highly skilled workforce, culture of innovation and premier quality of life, businesses are turning to Michigan for new opportunities.
California Is Land Of Opportunity, Michigan Is Motor King
California is the top-ranked state for Opportunity Zones and Michigan leads in Automotive Manufacturing Strength in Business Facilities' 15th Annual Rankings Report.
Editor’s Picks: Sweet Spots For High Tech
The leading high tech hubs have developed a startup ecosystem that nurtures entrepreneurs and plants the seeds for sustainable growth from innovators who bring scaleable products to life.
Michigan Incentives Will Help FCA Create 6,433 New Jobs
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' historic project will generate $4.5 billion in investment as it builds a new state-of-the-art assembly plant in Detroit and expands production at five existing Michigan facilities.
STEM Leaders: Moving To The Head Of The Class
The battle for America’s future as a global technology leader is being waged in locations that have initiated innovative programs to increase the number of graduates with STEM skills.
U.S. Manufacturing: All The Way Back
The U.S. manufacturing sector finally has regained the output levels lost during the Great Recession. But an exceptionally tight labor market might put a damper on the celebration.
Two Business Expansions Bring 125 New Jobs To Michigan
Electrical services firm Feyen Zylstra is adding second location in Walker, while German auto supplier MAHLE is expanding in St. Johns.
GM Investing $300M In Michigan Plant For New Chevrolet EV
The project will add 400 jobs at the Orion Township assembly plant; GM will also invest $1.8 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations across six states, adding 700 new jobs
FCA To Create Nearly 6,500 Jobs With Michigan Expansion
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will invest $4.5 billion to build a new assembly plant in Detroit and add production at five existing Michigan facilities
Andronaco Industries Relocating New Subsidiary To Michigan
The expansion of Conley Composites to Kentwood, MI will result in the creation of 64 new jobs and a capital investment of $3.3 million.
Top Utilities: Power Players For Development
Size counts, but when it comes to making our picks for forward-thinking utilities, so do smart grids, renewable energy and a seat at the table when economic development deals are negotiated.
2018 Economic Development Deal of the Year: Bronze Award
Detroit’s iconic Michigan Central Station will be restored to greatness as the centerpiece of Ford’s new 1.2 million-square-foot Corktown campus and mobility hub.
2018 Economic Development Deal Of The Year Honorable Mentions
With more than 40 projects to choose from in our 2018 Deal of the Year competition, our judges had to put in overtime to designate 10 worthy recipients of our Honorable Mentions.
January / February 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 1)
The January / February 2019 issue features our annual State of the Year and Deal of the Year awards, our editor's picks for top utilities, and more.
Amazon HQ2 Sites Share BF’s 2018 Deal Of The Year Award
New York and Virginia, which each got selected to host Amazon’s HQ2 mega-project, are co-winners of the Gold Award in our 2018 contest.
Specialty Chemical Maker Investing $17M In Michigan
Pacific Industrial Development Corp. will expand its Pittsfield Township, MI operations and create 50 high-tech jobs with help from a performance-based grant.
KLA-Tencor Investing $70M In Michigan
The new research and development facility will create up to 500 new jobs in Ann Arbor, MI.
Michigan: Strong Partnerships, Stronger Growth
Michigan’s economic development team is working with more than 100 inter-local and corporate partners to develop growth strategies.
Lear Corporation Celebrates New Michigan Seat Manufacturing Facility
The first major automotive supplier manufacturing facility to be constructed in Flint, MI in more than 30 years will employ about 600 workers.
Rankings & Awards
Ford, Samsung Electronics, KORE Power Named 2021 Deals Of The Year
The three winners were selected from a record-setting number of entries submitted for Business Facilities’ 2021 Deals of the Year awards.
BF Names Virginia, Tennessee, Massachusetts 2021 States Of The Year Award Winners
The two commonwealths and one state were chosen for excellence in Business Climate, Dealmaking or Workforce/Educational System.
Business Facilities Featured Location Spotlight
Location Spotlight: Santee Cooper – CAMP HALL
Camp Hall is a first-of-its-kind, master-planned industrial work space located in a business epicenter of the South and at the heart of modern Southern culture — Charleston, S.C.
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Camp Hall – A Next Generation Commerce Park in South Carolina
Camp Hall is a first-of-its-kind, master-planned industrial work space located in Charleston, S.C. As a convergence of people, place and programming, Camp Hall delivers thoughtful infrastructure and logistical features that empower people — and business — to thrive.