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Whirlpool is planning a more than $50 million investment at its St. Joseph Technology Center. The appliance maker announced Thursday it’s replacing much or all of the existing facility, parts of which are more than 100 years old. Part of the overall plan includes creation of a residential, commercial, recreational, and commerce area linking nearly 4,000 Whirlpool employees with St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, and Benton Township. Cornerstone Alliance President Rob Cleveland tells WSJM News the news is big. “It’s part of a holistic approach that companies now, big global companies, have to take when they’re trying to recruit talent,” Cleveland said. “It’s not just about offering a job or providing housing, or a great place to live. You have to have all of those things.” ....
Grand Rapids Business Journal Whirlpool is exploring a multiyear, $50 million project to renovate or rebuild its technology center in southwest Michigan. The Benton Harbor-based global appliance maker Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) proposed options to rebuild or renovate its global technology center in St. Joseph, near the company’s global and North American headquarters in Benton Harbor, according to the southwest Michigan economic development agency Cornerstone Alliance on Thursday. Proposals for new construction at the existing St. Joseph site include a possible 150,000 square feet of new construction with an investment of about $50 million. The new facility would replace much or all of the existing St. Joseph Technology Center, parts of which are more than 100 years old. ....