Re: Packard Plant Update - 2/12/2021

Posted by Leeedy On 2021/2/13 9:42:43
As someone who owned three commercial buildings on Mt. Elliott (since the 1950s), just blocks away from the Packard plant... and familiar with the plant since it was in operation I can tell you a few things:

1.) We had commercial buildings in the area and watched the value drop after Packard left.... as if it was all water in a tub and somebody yanked the drain plug. We had those properties since the 1950s and they became almost worthless overnight.

2.) Of the three buildings I had, two are vacant lots today. The third was built over with another commercial building.

3.) Whatever remains of the Packard plant is there not because the guy from Peru saved it (he didn't). It is there because it would cost a fortune just to tear it down. And then what?

Anyone who took the time to watch the overly-staged news conferences during the last few years could easily tell you that the minute the TV cameras were switched off, the fake "activities" stopped. And NOBODY was there working the next day.

Meanwhile, the Detroit city government is still sitting there... like an alligator hissing with its mouth open. Just like it was when the poor fellow who previously owned the plant was hanging on for dear life (the city "fathers" in their incredibly brilliant vision made a grab for the property and evicted the PAYING TENANTS–yes, the site was generating revenue and was home to numerous businesses–who were paying taxes to the city and creating jobs). What a move. What a history. Sad, sadder, saddest.

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