Bidder must pay $1.8 million today to buy Packard Plant

Bill Hults already paid $200,000 in nonrefundable deposits for the 40-acre ruins.

Bill Hults already paid $200,000 in nonrefundable deposits for the 40-acre ruins.

One of Detroit’s most elegant buildings was demolished to make way for the city’s 29th McDonald’s restaurant.

Investors scooped up more than 9,000 Detroit homes in a county auction.

But will the Wayne County treasurer enforce the deadline and invalidate the bid of Chicago-area investor Bill Hults?

Bridge owner Matty Moroun’s heavy-handed tactics raise questions about mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon’s support for the billionaire.

Chicago-area developer Bill Hults has his eye on Detroit’s east side.

The winning bidder raised red flags after a rambling statement about a “prophesy” to save Detroit.

All houses and buildings started with a $500 bid. There were bargains, surprises and duds.

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

It would be a fitting new chapter for a factory that has come to symbolize Detroit’s decline.