Good news from the bakers at Avalon International Breads: The West Willis Street business that became a Midtown development pioneer in 1997 is expanding.

Owners will announce Thursday that they're adding a 50,000-square-foot production building on E. Forest Avenue, a project that CBS Detroit says will cost $2.2 million and add 100 jobs.

The new building, which will be called Avalon City Ovens, will house the organic bakery’s food production and will be a catalyst for growing its product line. Company officials say the facility will hire 100 bakers, drivers, sales and customer service workers.

Avalon has a store on Willis, which will move nearby to Canfield next spring, while a cafe inside Henry Ford Hospital will remain.

The CBS affiliate quotes a statement from Ann Perrault, co-founder: