In 1985, medium-duty Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC Topkick truck production was consolidated with GMC General and GMC Astro heavy-duty truck production at Pontiac Central Assembly, and the plant was renovated and re-tooled to produce the all-new GMT400 light-duty pickups.

[3] The plant closed in September 2009 and ownership was transferred to the RACER Trust, an organization marking surplus GM properties, as part of the General Motors bankruptcy settlement.

In early 2014 the buyer was identified as Challenge Manufacturing Co., of Walker, Michigan.

[5] Challenge plans to spend $50 million for a 400,000-square-foot plant on the site which will produce automotive components for General Motors.

Plant 2 at 660 South Boulevard E – known as "Pontiac Central Assembly".