With Kings Point purchase, Belleville 201 follows local need for career, tech training

This article originally ran on BND.com on September 28, 2021. 

By this time next year, Belleville Township High School vocational and alternative education students will have a newly-renovated center in the former Kings Point facility in Belleville.

Originally built as a tennis club and fitness facility at 7645 Magna Dr., the Kings Point property has 100,000 square-feet. Over the next year, the tennis courts, yoga studio and tanning rooms will be converted into classrooms and technology labs.

“This is where you have to start having a really strong vision,” Superintendent Brian Mentzer said walking into what will eventually be a commercial-grade kitchen for culinary arts and food preparation during a tour of the property.