Henniges Automotive to build headquarters in Auburn Hills

ERJ staff report (CDB)

Farmington Hills, Illinois -- Farmington Hills-based auto supplier Henniges Automotive North America Inc. is set to break ground as early as next month on a 55,000-square-foot headquarters in Auburn Hills.

The deal marks the second in the Oakland Technology Park, former Chrysler Group LLC land purchased in March 2010 by Southfield-based General Development Co.

While General Development will develop the building, Livonia-based Schostak Bros & Co. will own it and lease it to Henniges, said Randy Thomas, president of Southfield-based Insite Group. Insite brokered the deal along with Matt Farrell, executive principal with Birmingham-based Core Partners LLC.

Thomas said Henniges will move into a building that is smaller and more energy-efficient than its current headquarters. The developers will seek LEED certification for the building.

Henniges Automotive, which also has offices in Germany and China, manufactures automotive sealing systems for doors, windows, trunks, lift gates, sunroofs and hoods, according to its website.

In November, Chicago-based Wynnchurch Capital Partners sold Henniges Automotive to Greenwich, Conn.-based Littlejohn & Co. LLC for an undisclosed sum.

The company currently occupies a 75,000-square-foot building in the Farmington Hills Corporate Campus, according to the Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group.

From Crain's Detroit Business (A Crain publication)