A Wayne County Circuit Court judge ruled last week that owner Fernando Palazuelo must demolish the long-decrepit plant he owns on Detroit's east side at his own expense.
About the only attention given to the dilapidated site of the old Packard Plant was from those looking to explore and photograph Detroit's "ruin porn" but then came a charismatic businessman from Lima, Peru who promised to develop the site into offices, restaurants, and exciting city living.
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The city of Detroit has sued to get the owner of the Packard Plant to raze the historic property and foot the bill.The complaint, filed in March, asks Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Brian Sullivan to declare the 3 million-square-foot-plus site on Detroit's east side a nuisance, force owner…