The Lansing Craft Center (LCC) was a specialized General Motors

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assembly factory in Lansing Township, Michigan located at 2801 West Saginaw Street across from GM's Lansing Metal Center.

History

The facility was originally built by GM as the "Oldsmobile Differential Plant and Foundry" in 1919. The

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was repurposed as the "Reatta Craft Centre" in 1984 when GM chose it as the manufacturing site of the

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, which began production in 1988 after a stamping plant, body shop, and assembly area were constructed. After the end of production of the Reatta, the plant was renamed the "Lansing Craft Centre". Over its existence, the Lansing Craft Center manufactured GM's low-volume vehicles including the EV1,

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and

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and Chevrolet SSR.

Closure

In November 2005, General Motors announced that it would close the Lansing Craft Center in mid-2006, and the final SSR, a unique black-on-silver model, was assembled on March 17, 2006. The plant was demolished from 2008 to 2009. At the time of its closure, the plant size was and the facility employed 400, many of whom were transferred to the new

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, as well as some operations transferred to the nearby

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. The facility was demolished in 2008 along with the Lansing Metal Center.GM to begin razing shuttered factories near Lansing
on The Associated Press – Feb. 22, 2008

Vehicles produced

* 1988–1991

* 1995–2000

convertible * 1995–2000

convertible * 1997–1999

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* 2000–2002

* 2003–2006 Chevrolet SSR ;Notes

References

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