54500 Grand River Avenue

54500 Grand River Avenue

Lyon Township, MI 48165

Site information updated 2/19/2026

CITY

Lyon Township

COUNTY

Oakland

 

ACRES

30.74 Acres

PRICE

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ZONING

Light Industrial

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Marketing Flyer

 

Property Description

54500 Grand River is a 30.74-acre industrial site in the New Hudson neighborhood of Lyon Township, MI. The property is well connected to infrastructure, benefiting from proximity to Interstate I-96, M-5, and the nearby railroad. The property is near the conditionally approved “Project Flex” in Lyon Twp including a power substation and advanced utility infrastructure to support cloud computing and AI workloads.

In 2026, the site underwent a comprehensive due diligence review through the VIP program, including a detailed site condition analysis, comprehensive information on utility providers and capacity, and a comprehensive report on site details (full report in the document library below).

    Zoning and Land Use

    Zoning: I1: Light Industrial

    Current Land Use: Vacant Land

    Future Land Use: Industrial

    Site Conditions

    Greenfield or Brownfield:

    • 54650 – Brownfield
    • 54500 – Greenfield

    Above ground structures:

    • 54500 is vacant
    • 54650 has a ~5,000 sq.ft. abandoned commercial building present

    Floodplain:

    • No 100-year floodplain 
    • 500-year floodplain

    Wetlands: No mapped wetlands on the Site

    Topographic Elevation: Elevation of the site ranges between approximately 938 and 973 feet above sea level per LIDAR topographic data collected by Oakland County in 2017-2018.

    Soil Types:

    • Marlette sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes – 10B (HSG C)
    • Marlette sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes – 10C (HSG C)
    • Capac sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes – 11B (HSG C/D)
    • Wasepi sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes – 17A (HSG A/D)
    • Fox sandy loam, till plain, 2 to 6 percent slopes – 18B (HSG B)

    Easements: Storm sewer easement running north-south along the shared property line between the two parcels

    Utilities

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    Electric

    Provider: DTE Energy

    Capacity to Serve Demand:

    • Short Term Capacity: 4 MVA can be supported within 6 months

    Assumed Demand: 7 MW

    Nearby Infrastructure Detail:

    • 13.2 kV overhead is on property (54650 Grand River Ave)
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    Natural Gas

    Provider: Consumers Energy

    Capacity to Serve Demand: Can provide 13 MCFH provided 4400’ of 4” plastic medium pressure main is upgraded to 6” medium pressure main

    Assumed Demand: 13 MCFH

    Nearby Infrastructure Detail:

    • Existing gas main along south side of Grand River Ave – size unknown
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    Water

    Provider: Lyon Township DPW

    Capacity to Serve Demand: Township calculates 25,821 GPD

    Assumed Demand: 150,000 GPD

    Nearby Infrastructure Detail: 

    • 16” Ductile Iron water main located on north side of Grand River Ave, adjacent to the subject parcels
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    Sewer

    Provider: Lyon Township DPW

    Capacity to Serve Demand: Township calculates 25,821 GPD

    Assumed Demand: 100,000 GPD

    Nearby Infrastructure Detail: 

    • There is existing 15” sanitary sewer main flowing from east to west on the south side of Grand River Ave opposite the project site shown per plans prepared by Atwell (2022).

    Workforce Data

    30-Minute Drive

    1,373,605

    Population

    51,852

    Total Businesses

    622,244

    Active Workforce

    60-Minute Drive

    5,263,114

    Population

    177,211

    Total Businesses

    2,331,498

    Active Workforce

    Transportation

    Proximity to Highways

    Site access on Grand River Ave

    1.8 miles to I-96 access

    Proximity to Rail

    Less than 5 miles to Class 1 CSX Railroad

    Less than 39 miles to CSX Intermodal Terminal at 6680 Dix Ave., Detroit, MI 48203

    Proximity to Airports

    31.5 miles to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Romulus, MI)

    22.3 miles to Oakland County International Airport (Waterford Twp, MI)

    Document Library

    Site Assessment Report with Site Maps

    Marketing Flyer

    Demographic & Business Data

    Workforce Profile

    Regional Overview

    Site Contacts

    Site Representative

    Greg Bockart

    Vice Chairman & Market Leader – Detroit

    Savills

    Email: gbockart@savills.us

    Phone: (313) 474-5171

    County Contact

    Michael Abdallah

    Business Development

    Advantage Oakland 

    Email: abdallahm@oakgov.com

    Phone: (248) 459-1699

    Program Contact

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    Shannon Selby

    Vice President of Real Estate