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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — An army of ironworkers, masons, carpenters and laborers are swarming the campus of the University of Michigan these days, as the university undertakes a construction campaign budgeted at $2.5 billion, ranking it among the largest university building programs in the United States.

Two months after the last of its labs went dark, the 2-million-square-foot Pfizer Inc. research facility near the University of Michigan has been given new life.

The Detroit bailout isn't about saving the U.S. auto industry, it's about Democrats and Republicans jockeying for power

December 1, 2008-Southfield, MI: LaKritz-Weber & Company, the retail real estate experts, announces a 3,000 square foot lease with Highland Park Family Medical Clinic in The Shops at Woodward Place at 15119 Woodward Avenue in Highland Park, Michigan. Adam Goodman and Gabe Schuchman of LaKritz-Weber & Company represented the landlord, Woodward Place, LLC in this transaction.

December 1, 2008-Southfield, MI: LaKritz-Weber & Company, the retail real estate experts, announces a signed lease with Passport Pizza at 24 Mile and Garfield Roads in Macomb Township, Michigan. Adam Goodman and Gabe Schuchman of LaKritz-Weber & Company represented the landlord, Dominic 24 Mile Properties, LLC in this transaction.

December 1, 2008-Southfield, MI: LaKritz-Weber & Company, the retail real estate experts, announces a signed lease with Passport Pizza in 27 Village Center at 27 Mile and Gratiot Avenue in New Haven, Michigan. Adam Goodman and Gabe Schuchman of LaKritz-Weber & Company represented the landlord, 27 Village Center, LLC in this transaction.

November 20, 2008-Southfield, MI: LaKritz-Weber & Company, the retail real estate experts, announce a completed lease with Jimmy Johns in Fisk Corners at M-59 and Fisk Road in White Lake Township, Michigan. Tony Schmitt and Adam Goodman of LaKritz-Weber & Company completed this lease on behalf of the tenant, Jimmy John's in this transaction.

As Congress resumes debating assistance to the U.S. auto industry, it is important to consider the broader issues at stake. Certainly, there is a strong inclination to adhere to the capitalist model of survival of the fittest that has served us well. Others want to use this opportunity to punish unions for pressuring the industry into uncompetitive cost structures and cumbersome work rules, or to punish management for not better preparing their companies for changing markets.