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.

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

“For these personal and professional reasons, I have determined it is in the best interests of all that I resign,” Dillon wrote to Gov. Snyder.

Once selling for six figures, the houses are on the auction block for as low as a few thousand dollars.

Treasurer Dillon’s attorney disputes the claims, saying the court “is confused.”

People close to the treasurer said his drinking was impacting his performance at work and taking a toll on his health.

The 52-year-old Democrat spent about five days at Brighton Hospital, an addiction treatment center, in early January after several years of heavy drinking,