Awesome news about the Piety Hill renovations. Frankai did a drive by update of the new JLA apartment tower & the Ralph C Wilson park. Tried to post it as an imbedded link however youtube wasn’t having it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQL5gsi2dOs
Been pleasantly surprised on the number of large new Class A Industrial facilities under construction or planned there must be half a dozen if we’re counting back to the 94 industrial park & Jefferson North expansion. Bodes well for for the high tech economy in the city and region that demand for modern facilities are in such high demand.
This was probably posted last year but the new 425k Innovo facility at The Gateway Industrial Park is nearing completion. Also impressive is that Gateway, all 1 million sq ft are being refurbished while at 100% occupancy. Frankai did a drive by as well for those who are interested.
https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news...its-west-side/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvKZ1KeWmLU
The now former AMC HQ is to be redeveloped by GM to help support EV production. Pontiac, Flint & Bay City are all benefiting with new development or production of EV being shifted to NorthPoint while the Orion Plant loses out. Similar to Ford closing its Romeo Engine plant and moving production to Van Dyke Transmission.
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-...ort-ev-rollout
https://detroitmi.gov/news/mayor-ann...ican-motors-hq
https://www.tipranks.com/news/gms-al...ev-development
It’s interesting that Michigan is in a similar position in regards to recourses needed for EV production as it was 100 years ago during the birth of the auto industry. The state actually has a respectable amount of rare earth minerals including the only nickel mine in the US the Yellow Dog in the Huron Mountains west of Marquette. There was an open pit Lithium mine that nearly opened in the eastern UP this year but the Lithium was not crystallized apparently so the consortium is looking into Ireland and Utah now. However WMU did a geological survey of the state and found many rare earth minerals. The Yellow Dog Nickel mine was a child of the study as well as the Copperwood project a copper and silver mine just west of Porcupine Mountains State Park. I’m glad the open pit gold mine near Iron Mountain was defeated apparently environmental groups while not happy about Yellow Dog call it professional and have not lodged any major complaints. Hopefully we can find a way to get domestic supply chains of these 21st century oil+ equivalents without raping the earth I’m mildly optimistic that with all the scrutiny on Yellow Dog it has lived up to its promises. Though I’m not under any illusions about what will happen if due diligence isn’t followed and local stakeholders including environmental groups are left without power to green or red light. The war in Ukraine is a warning light to what could happen if China which happens to be the world’s largest rare earth producer by far decides it will make a similar play against Taiwan. Forget the chip Van the west wouldn’t have the materials to produce high end chips. Well it would be nice to see geopolitics and economics align to put the city and state at the forefront of modern manufacturing, the skill sets are already here but they’ve been a lot of headwinds perhaps this is the sign of a shift in the right direction.
"The Michigan Geological Survey, part of WMU's Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, notes that the state has two geologically distinctive areas. One area, the western Upper Peninsula, has igneous and metamorphic rocks that host well-known, abundant and varied metallic mineral resources, including copper, iron, nickel, platinum group minerals, manganese and cobalt. The region also has some graphite resources and deposits of a phosphate mineral that contains certain rare earth minerals. Researchers have documented the presence of uranium, as well. Meanwhile, geologic formations in the Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula consist of sedimentary deposits that host non-metallic mineral resources, including a large deposit of potash, and lesser amounts of natural brine minerals, helium, magnesium, lithium, manganese, strontium and cesium." - Western Michigan University's Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.
Read More: Hitting The Mother Lode; Michigan Has Critically Needed Minerals |
https://wkmi.com/hitting-the-mother-...edium=referral