GM is investing $162 million into its Lansing Grand River plant in Lansing, Mich.

General Motors plans to invest $162 million at one of its Michigan facilities, possibly for a new stamping plant, according to local officials.

The maker is looking at adding a 225,000-square-foot plant at its Lansing Grand River Assembly facility in Lansing, Mich., Bob Trezise, president and CEO, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, told the Detroit News.

Any new plant would follow in the heels of the new $44.5 million, 400,000-square-foot logistics facility next to its Lansing Grand River plant. The new site, which is expected to be finished this year, will add about 200 jobs. There are currently about 1,540 employees.

The plant builds the Cadillac CTS and ATS, will add the 2015 ATS Coupe this year. It is also expected to add the Chevy Camaro in the future as production is expected to move there from GM’s Oshawa, Ontario, plant.

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“We’re developing a business case for a potential future investment at Lansing Grand River and that investment would fund facility improvements that would help the plant’s manufacturing capability,” Lansing Grand River spokeswoman Erin Davis said, in the News story.

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The plant, which GM did not confirm, is expected to utilize high tech equipment. Trezise told the News he was unsure when construction would start or when the plant would be expected to be online.

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