Wayne County on Monday canceled the $500 sale of the tax-foreclosed former American Motors Corp. headquarters after the winning auction bidder didn’t pay.
Now, the sprawling and dilapidated complex on Plymouth near Schaefer in Detroit could be transferred to the city, said Eric Sabree, the county’s deputy treasurer.
“We will discuss with them what’s going on,” Sabree said. “The site is going to need some clean up.”
Nicholas Casab, 25, of Commerce Township was the sole bidder for the property in the auction that ended last week, but the sale was voided when he didn’t pay the $500 bid price or its summer tax bill of $160,600 by Monday, Sabree said. The former headquarters also includes another large parcel on Mark Twain that sold for $500 and had a summer tax bill of $72,600. Casab didn’t pay those bills either.
Casab refused comment to The Detroit News on Monday, saying “you guys are wasting my time right now. I’m working.”
Sabree said the complex could go to the Detroit or Wayne County land banks, which would vet and negotiate with potential buyers.



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