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TIGERS SCRAP CONSTRUCTION STRATEGY AND LOOK FOR ARCHITECT

          The Tigers have dropped a "design-build" strategy for
     the construction of their new ballpark by "abandoning" their
     plan to have Detroit-based contractor Walbridge Aldinger
     "manage the entire process," according to David Barkholz in
     CRAIN's DETROIT BUSINESS.  The team dropped Walbridge
     Aldinger after "failing to reach final contract terms with
     the company and its partners."  Instead, the Tigers will
     follow a plan similar to that of the Lions, in which they
     will "select their architect and get the design in shape"
     before bidding the construction work to contractors.  The
     Tigers recently hired Chicago-based Int'l Facilities Group
     as a stadium project consultant reporting directly to Owner
     Mike Ilitch.  IFG is partly owned by Michael Reinsdorf, son
     of Bulls and White Sox Owner Jerry Reinsdorf (CRAIN'S
     DETROIT BUSINESS, 6/2 issue).

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