{"id":1004112336,"date":"2015-01-29T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=320133"},"modified":"2022-12-04T05:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:55:07","slug":"148-million-lightweight-research-center-opens-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/148-million-lightweight-research-center-opens-in-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"$148 Million Lightweight Research Center Opens in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new innovation center opened in Corktown on January 15, marking another big step forward in Detroit\u2019s drive to become a technology hub and lure back its lost manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_320134\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/01\/1400-Rosa-Parks-Boulevard-Detroit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-320134\" title=\"1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard - Detroit\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/01\/1400-Rosa-Parks-Boulevard-Detroit.jpg\" alt=\"1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard - Detroit\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard &#8211; Detroit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Announced last year as a $148 million public-private partnership led by the University of Michigan, the Ohio State University and the Columbus-based independent research and development non-profit EWI, the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) opened on Rosa Parks Boulevard. The institute is part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) led by the Department of Defense and aims to implement innovations with lightweight metals into the commercial and military sectors.<\/p>\n<p>ALMMII occupies 100,000 square feet of space at 1400 Rosa Parks Boulevard, near Detroit\u2019s downtown and directly across from <a title=\"Quicken Loans Starts Construction on 66,000 Sq. Ft. Technology\/Data Center Outside Detroit\u2019s CBD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cities\/detroit\/quicken-loans-starts-construction-on-66000-sq-ft-technologydata-center-outside-detroits-cbd\/1004097080.html\">the 66,000-square-foot technology center developed by Quicken Loans<\/a>. As previously reported by <em><a title=\" Corktown\u2019s $148 Million Lightweight Metals Research Hub Could Create 10,000 Jobs in the Region\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cities\/detroit\/corktowns-148-million-lightweight-metals-research-hub-could-create-10000-jobs-in-the-region\/1004101499.html\">Commercial Property Executive<\/a>, <\/em>the property\u2019s last tenant was Mexican Industries, a local plastic auto-parts maker that filed for bankruptcy in 2001. After more than ten years of neglect, the graffiti-covered industrial building was renovated and upgraded to house ALMMII\u2019s new program called LIFT\u2014Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow\u2014which will work with lightweight metals as aluminum, magnesium, titanium and advanced high-strength steel alloys to find new technologies that could be applied in various industry supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>The new lightweight materials innovation center was designed by Southfield-based architecture and engineering firm Harley Ellis Devereaux and includes offices, meeting rooms and training spaces, as well as lab spaces for developing and testing technologies for manufacturing. The institute was funded by $70 million in federal grants over five years, and another $78 million in private equity from the 75 companies, organizations, research institutions and non-profits involved in the consortium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Rendering credits to\u00a0Harley Ellis Devereaux\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new innovation center officially opened in Corktown on January 15, marking another big step forward in Detroit&rsquo;s drive to become a technology hub and lure back its lost manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004112336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-detroit","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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