Automotive supplier Gestamp plans to build new plant
An automotive supplier is expected to begin construction soon on a reported $42.5 million plant that will employ hundreds in Chesterfield Township, according to documents and township officials.
Gestamp, a Spanish company with a North American headquarters in Troy, plans to build a 460,000-squarefoot plant on Sierra Drive, near 23 Mile and South Foster roads. The development was first reported by Crain’s Detroit Business.
About 390 jobs will be created for Gestamp, which will provide parts for General Motors’ Orion Assembly factory in Oakland County.
Chesterfield Township Planning Director Jonathon Palin said the company has initiated its predevelopment work on the 42-acre site. Gestamp officials should be “securing their permits any day now” to launch construction, he said.
The township Planning Commission approved the project this past summer, according to planning documents.
The building is expected to be complete in early 2025. The bulk of the factory will be taken up by manufacturing and warehouse space, along with 10,000 square feet of office space. A site plan includes room for a 300,000-squarefoot addition.
Employees will weld steel blanks to make assemblies for vehicles. The assemblies will be warehoused and shipped to GM’s Orion Assembly, according to Crain’s coverage.
The Michigan Economic Development Corp. declined to comment on whether the Gestamp project will be asking for state incentives to offset the development costs. Gestamp also declined to comment.
JB Donaldson Co. of Farmington Hills is the developer and Southfield-based FA Studio LLC is listed as the architect.
Gestamp had $10.3 billion in revenue in 2022 and nearly 43,000 employees worldwide.
If all goes as planned, the Gestamp project would be the second major economic development for Macomb County.
Alro Steel Corp. recently confirmed to the Macomb Daily plans to construct a 250,000-square-foot metals distribution plant next to the former Gibraltar Trade Center off North River Road near Interstate 94 on the outskirts of Mount Clemens. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall and the plant should be operational by 2026, company officials said.