The initial quality gap between foreign and domestic manufacturers has closed dramatically, (see chart, below), and among Detroit's Big Three, GM's quality is best.
Several colleges are currently tracking their former gap year students, and initial findings seem to show that most do well in college and possibly better than their non-gap year classmates, Bull said.
Developers had about 50% of the retail space in the Meridian's 830, 000-square-foot initial phase leased to retailers such as a Gap store and to restaurants before it got the construction loan.