Packard Plant (Maybe) Sold - $6.0 Million

Posted by RogerDetroit On 2013/10/26 10:13:00

Ok, so the back tax auction concluded late Friday afternoon and the winning bid is over $6.0 million.

Newspaper reports say the highest bidder is Dr. Jill Van Horn and her husband from Ennis, TX, near Dallas. You can read about her here on her website:http://www.drjillvanhorn.com/About_Us.html

Some Internet searching shows her husband is from Detroit and is the owner of Custom Car Design, specializes in auto-body repair and custom paint on classic cars. Prior to opening his facility in Texas, George owned Specialty Tree Service in Redding, Ca., diagnosing tree diseases....http://georgevanhorn.com/

The Detroit Free Press wrote:
George Van Horn.....confirmed that the couple bid on the property. Though he did not respond to other texts seeking further details, he did reply late Friday: "We will put out a statement Monday. It's not a mistake."http://www.freep.com/article/20131025/BUSINESS06/310250107/Packard-Plant-auction-ending

The Detroit News wrote:
County officials identified Van Horn as the winner of the auction, bidding $6,038,000. That doctor's husband, George Van Horn, told The Detroit News initially that the final bid was "not right" before ending the phone conversation. But in a text message late Friday night he said it wasn't an error.

"We will be making a statement on Monday," he wrote. "Jill is the winning bidder as far as we know."http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131025/METRO01/310250092#ixzz2iqCqSuvz

Now we will have to see if they can come up with the money to buy the place, let alone pay any future property taxes or the security required to keep the place safe from intruders.