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Perrigo breaking ground on North American HQ in Michigan

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Posted at 1:19 PM, Apr 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-15 09:06:16-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Perrigo, the maker of over-the-counter healthcare products, is breaking ground on a North American headquarters in western Michigan.

RELATED: Perrigo plans to build North American headquarters in downtown Grand Rapids

The offices will be part of Michigan State University’s Innovation Park in Grand Rapids in an area known as the Medical Mile. Spectrum Health hospital and the Van Andel Institute, which conducts medical research, are nearby.

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A rendering of Perrigo's planned North American Corporate Headquarters in downtown Grand Rapids.

The groundbreaking was scheduled for Wednesday.

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Perrigo has operations in Allegan and Holland in western Michigan, a region where it employs more than 4,000 people.