Work under way to clear property for 2.1 million-square-foot Stellantis warehouse

Work is under way at the Stellantis mega-warehouse site owned by Willow Run Airport on Ecorse Road between Beck and Denton roads. The 2.1 million square foot building is being built on the property north of Ecorse Road, through to the railroad tracks along Van Born Road.
The construction is labeled Project Venture by Van Buren Township. There were 12,573 trees on the site and 3,247 will be preserved and 9,146 removed. There are 2,405 trees regulated by the township’s ordinance on tree removal and replacement and 1,708 regulated trees will be removed. Stellantis agreed to pay $100,000 into the township tree fund in payment in lieu of the replacement shortfall of 1,199.
A part of the property is regulated wetlands and trees cannot be removed there except for safety access. No trees can be in the Willow Run Airport runway crash zone at the southwest triangle of the 354-acre site.