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Does Texas Doc have $6M for Packard? Lots of red flags

By Steve Neavling on October 30, 2013   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Headline, posts, Real Estate, The Packard Plant  

Does Texas Doc have $6M for Packard? Lots of red flags

New concerns were raised after the investors released a rambling, grammatically flawed statement about a “prophesy.”

Explore crumbling remains of newly bought Packard Plant

By Steve Neavling on October 27, 2013   Buildings, Headline, Lens On Detroit, Life in Detroit, posts, Real Estate, The Packard Plant  

Explore crumbling remains of newly bought Packard Plant

Over the past two months, we’ve chronicled what’s left of the plant – blocks of crumbling buildings, ravaged by scrappers, fire and extreme weather.

Explore crumbling remains of newly bought Packard Plant – Page 2

By Steve Neavling on October 27, 2013   page 2, posts  

Part 2

Detroit plans takeover of Packard Plant; defiant owner responds, “Kiss my ass”

By Steve Neavling on November 27, 2012   Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, City Government, Mayor's Office, posts, Real Estate, The Packard Plant  

Detroit plans takeover of Packard Plant; defiant owner responds, “Kiss my ass”

The city is preparing to seize the Packard Plant because of unpaid taxes that the owner refuses to pay. He maintains he owes no taxes because the city won’t provide basic services to protect his property from arsonists, vandals and thieves.

Arrests nearly triple at abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital this year

By Steve Neavling on October 31, 2012   Crime & Fire, Police, posts  

Arrests nearly triple at abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital this year

Police cited about 550 people so far this year – an average of nearly two a day – for trespassing at the mental hospital complex. That’s compared to 213 last year.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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