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Investment In Michigan Tied To Growth

By McClenahen, John S
Publication: Industry Week
Date: Monday, August 1 2005
HEADNOTE

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

HEADNOTE

$150 million R&D center is planned for York Township.

BY MARCH 2009, Japan's Toyota Motor

Corp. could be displaying a $150 million state-of-the-art R&D center in York Township, Mich., directly west of Detroit and about 15 minutes from the city's Metropolitan Airport. The project, now in the due diligence stage, is expected to create 677 jobs, 400 directly and, estimates the University of Michigan, another 277 indirectly as a result pf increased economic activity.

The center is to be sited on 1711 acres of what is now stateowned land and once the site of a psychiatric hospital.

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Toyota is not a newcomer to Michigan. Its Toyota Technical Center USA Inc. (TTC) was established in 1977 and has its headquarters in Ann Arbor. In 2004, Toyota completed work on its Calty Design Research Studio next to the Technical Center.

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