This article from yesterday says Gilbert offered $20 million for just the Fail Jail site: http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...unty/23091463/
His original offer was $50 million for everything. While I think it would be good for the city to have the existing jails removed and the criminal courts re-located somewhere else downtown while Gilbert builds "North Greektown" or whatever, I certainly understand why that didn't work for Wayne County.
But $20 million to take a liability off their hands and put it back on the tax rolls seems like a no-brainer. They aren't going to finish the Fail Jail, so the site may as well be redeveloped into something else.
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