University of Michigan's $132 million Kellogg Eye Center expansion to welcome patients
The University of Michigan welcomed patients to its new 8-story, 230,000-square-foot, $132 million eye care and diabetes research and clinical complex.
The moment marks the culmination of a W.K. Kellogg Eye Center expansion project approved by the U-M Board of Regents in July 2005. Construction started in September 2006.
The expansion is called the Brehm Tower, a Wall Street facility whose presence notably alters the skyline of U-M's massive medical campus in central Ann Arbor.
The university said in a statement it plans to add about 100 jobs at the Kellogg Eye Center over the next five to seven years to meet increased demand and staff its new capacity.
Detroit's Smaller Reality
DETROIT—This city is shrinking, and Mayor Dave Bing can live with that.
The nation's once-a-decade census, which gets under way next month, usually prompts expensive tally-building efforts by cities eager to maximize federal funding tied to the count.
Detroit, which faces a population decline of as much as 150,000, has used that tactic in the past and once fought a successful court challenge to boost its count. But this time, Mr. Bing is pushing the city to embrace the bad news.
Horror movie filmed in South Lyon
Longtime Bloomfield Hills resident and Michigan-based businessman Norman Koza has produced his first film, using mostly Michigan talent and crew. The premier of Exit 33, filmed entirely at the Sokol camp in South Lyon, is March 11 at Emagine Theater, 44425 West 12 Mile Road, in Novi. There will be two showings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.