A year ago, Huron Township put the brakes on construction of any new warehouse or distribution space after approving two large new buildings on an old horse-racing track. But now the developer constructing those buildings totaling 1.27 million square feet for Amazon.com Inc. on the former Pinnacle…
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Khalil Rahal, assistant Wayne County executive in charge of economic development, joined Wayne County Executive Warren Evans administration in 2015 after several years as a prosecutor working in the special victims unit. A graduate of Grand Valley State University and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Rahal has been instrumental in a variety of development efforts as one of Evans trusted advisers, including the recent deal to lure Amazon.com Inc. to the former Pinnacle Race Course site in Huron Township and the disposition of the former McLouth Steel Products Corp. property in Trenton.
How does someone go from prosecuting sex offenders to moving into economic development?
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Failed Pinnacle Race Course Property Set To Become New Site For Amazon Warehouses Sponsored by:
Opening day at Pinnacle Race Course - July 18, 2008
What was previously Pinnacle Race Course is currently under construction to become two new Amazon warehouses. According to The Detroit Free Press, Amazon plans to bring about 1,000 jobs to the two warehouses being built south of Detroit Metro Airport.
John Enos, the township s community development director, said construction appears to be moving very fast. The warehouses being built on the one mile race track could be finished as early as next summer.
“One is going to be more warehousing, one will be more technology and separation and sorting,” Enos said to Detroit Free Press s JC Reindl. “They are pretty much located on the track, which is interesting to see from my standpoint as a planner and builder guy. There were a lot of very expensive soils put into that racetrack, different layers of sand and gravel, spec