California filmmaker targets Michigan for major infrastructure investment

In the wake of Michigan’s adoption of the country’s most enticing tax incentives for filmmakers, developers are scrambling to be the first to construct high-tech soundstage and production facilities and capture the influx of Hollywood’s money. One such company plans to build three facilities around the state.

According to excerpts from the story:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan-born filmmaker's entertainment company has announced a three-phase plan to create motion picture soundstages and production facilities in three locations around the state.

The first phase is to be Great Lakes Studios, a soundstage with support services to be built somewhere in southwestern Michigan, said David O'Malley, a partner in Los Angeles-based V-One Entertainment Group.

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