Lansing Metal Center

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Lansing Metal Center
Lansing Metal Center
Operated1952–2006
Location Lansing Township, Michigan
Coordinates 42°44′15″N84°34′58″W / 42.7375°N 84.5829°W / 42.7375; -84.5829
Industry Automotive
Employees1,200
Volume1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)
Owner(s) General Motors
Defunct2006;16 years ago (2006)

The Lansing Metal Center was a General Motors foundry located in Lansing Township, Michigan directly across Saginaw Street from the Lansing Craft Center. It was originally built as a jet engine manufacturing plant in 1952 and shuttered in 2006. [1]

Upon its closing, the plant was 1,590,000 square feet (148,000 m2) in size, and employed 1,200. General Motors began the demolition of the plant in February 2008 along with the Lansing Craft Center, [2] when all operations were transferred to the nearby Lansing Delta Township facility. [3]

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References

  1. Barbara Wieland. "GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing". Lansing State Journal. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  2. GM to begin razing shuttered factories near Lansing on The Associated Press – Feb. 22, 2008
  3. "Shuttered GM Lansing plants to be razed starting Monday". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved August 3, 2008.

Coordinates: 42°44′14.9″N84°34′58.6″W / 42.737472°N 84.582944°W / 42.737472; -84.582944