National Retail Chains To Add Michigan Sites

The Detroit News:

More than a dozen national companies, from AutoZone to Wal-Mart, are expanding in Michigan, tapping the growing number of consumers looking for lower-priced food, goods and services.
Wal-Mart

Some companies are building new stores, while others are taking advantage of vacant storefronts, leasing space in shopping centers previously at capacity, and working with landlords formerly reluctant to partner with them.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest retailer, intends to open 13 new stores in Michigan. Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., Chase Bank, ALDI and Tim Hortons also have plans to expand in the Great Lakes State in 2010. While most companies declined to discuss the cost of building new stores, their expansion plans represent tens of millions of dollars in new investment. Read more.

Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News.

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