Lansing Metal Center Explained

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 1590000square feet 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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Notes and References

1. Web site: GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing . Lansing State Journal . Barbara Wieland . August 3, 2008 . dead . https://archive.today/20120904003347/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS03/511220329/1004/news03 . September 4, 2012 .
2. https://www.mlive.com/statewidebusinessstories/2008/02/gm_to_begin_razing_shuttered_f.html GM to begin razing shuttered factories near Lansing
3. Web site: Shuttered GM Lansing plants to be razed starting Monday. https://web.archive.org/web/20081120052910/http://www.1853chairman.com/2008/02/22/shuttered-gm-lansing-plants-to-be-razed-starting-monday/. 2008-11-20. Associated Press. August 3, 2008.