State Fairgrounds could get movie and music studios, shops

The Michigan State Fair Authority is considering leasing unused land on the fairgrounds for retail or movie and music studio space, the Detroit News reports.

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Over the next six months officials will decide whether the plans are a good fit, said Robert Burns, the Michigan Department of Management and Budget's director of government affairs assigned to the authority's board.

"We may approve one plan or both or a portion of both," Burns said. "We are still studying them."

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