The Lansing Metal Center was a

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

foundry A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...

located in

Lansing Township, Michigan Lansing Charter Township is a charter township of Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,143 at the 2020 census. The township consists of six non-contiguous sections bordered mostly by the cities of East Lansing and ...

, directly across Saginaw Street from the

Lansing Craft Center The Lansing Craft Center (LCC) was a specialized General Motors automobile assembly factory in Lansing Township, Michigan, located at 2801 West Saginaw Street across from GM's Lansing Metal Center. History The facility was originally built by ...

. It was originally built as a jet engine manufacturing plant in 1952 and shuttered in 2006. Upon its closing, the plant was in size, and employed 1,200. General Motors began the demolition of the plant in February 2008 along with the Lansing Craft Center, when all operations were transferred to the nearby Lansing Delta Township facility.

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{{coord, 42, 44, 14.9, N, 84, 34, 58.6, W, region:US-MI_type:landmark, display=title General Motors factories Former motor vehicle assembly plants Economy of Lansing, Michigan Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan 1952 establishments in Michigan 2006 disestablishments in Michigan Buildings and structures demolished in 2008 Industrial buildings completed in 1952