Lansing Metal Center

Lansing Metal Center

The Lansing Metal Center was a General Motors foundry located in Lansing Township, Michigan directly across Saginaw Street from the former Lansing Craft Centre. It was originally built as a jet engine manufacturing plant in 1952 and shuttered in 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS03/511220329/1004/news03|work=Lansing State Journal|title=GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing|author=Barbara Wieland|accessmonthday=August 3 |accessyear=2008] Upon its closing, the plant was 1,590,000 square feet in size, and employed 1,200. It is scheduled for demolition beginning in 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.1853chairman.com/2008/02/22/shuttered-gm-lansing-plants-to-be-razed-starting-monday/|work=Associated Press|title=Shuttered GM Lansing plants to be razed starting Monday|author=|accessmonthday=August 3 |accessyear=2008]

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