Articles tagged: Liberty Square
Liberty Square demolition delayed: Ypsilanti Township considers legal action over flawed $30K asbestos survey
Posted: May 31, 2013The long-awaited demolition of Liberty Square could be delayed until the end of June after the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rejected an asbestos abatement analysis of the property. Read more »
Demolition of Liberty Square townhome complex to begin within 3 weeks
Posted: May 14, 2013The end of the abandoned, decaying Liberty Square townhome complex is near. Read more »
State Court of Appeals upholds Liberty Square decision; final block to demolition cleared
Posted: Apr 08, 2013The five-year legal saga over the fate of Ypsilanti Township’s Liberty Square reached its likely conclusion on March 25 when the Michigan State Court of Appeals upheld a Washtenaw County Circuit Court order to demolish the complex. Read more »
Abandoned Liberty Square complex sits as Ypsilanti Township waits on demolition funds
Posted: Jan 26, 2013Ypsilanti Township is waiting to hear from the state on whether it qualifies for grant dollars that would be used to demolish the abandoned Liberty Square townhouse complex. Read more »
column: 10 predictions for 2013 in Ann Arbor
Posted: Jan 04, 2013We got through the Rapture and the last night on earth and whatever a fiscal cliff is. What better time to take wildly unfounded shots at 10 predictions for 2013 in Ann Arbor? Read more »
Ypsilanti Township seeking bank lawsuit settlement funds for Liberty Square demolition
Posted: Jul 30, 2012Ypsilanti Township is seeking a piece of a $97 million settlement banks agreed to pay the state of Michigan for the banks' role in the foreclosure crisis. The settlement came after a national class action ... Read more »
Ypsilanti Township begins demolition process for vacant Liberty Square
Posted: Apr 27, 2012Ypsilanti Township has taken the first step in what could be a lengthy demolition process of the abandoned Liberty Square townhouse complex. That township has signed a contract with a company to perform an environmental ... Read more »
Fire damages two units in abandoned Liberty Square complex
Posted: Apr 22, 2012Two townhomes were damaged in a fire at the abandoned Liberty Square complex in Ypsilanti Township on Saturday evening. According to a township official, the fire started in a building on Nancy Street around 7 ... Read more »
Metal thief hauls off 7 manhole covers
Posted: Dec 02, 2011Metal thieves have already struck the condemned Liberty Square condo complex in Ypsilanti Township — and at least one thief just took another pass through the buildings at Grove and Rawsonville road. This time, the ... Read more »
Ypsilanti Township names 45 Liberty Square owners defendants in lawsuit; seeks demolition of complex
Posted: Jan 22, 2011Ypsilanti Township is asking a judge to declare the Liberty Square townhouse complex a public nuisance and order its demolition. The township named all 45 remaining owners as defendants in a verified petition submitted to ... Read more »
Local woman wins auction for troubled Liberty Square townhomes in Ypsilanti Township
Posted: Nov 05, 2010Ypsilanti Township has condemned the LIberty Square complex, saying the units have not been properly maintained. A Van Buren Township property investor has won a public auction for 63 units in Ypsilanti’s Township’s troubled Liberty ... Read more »
Every house sells in 'last chance' tax foreclosure auction - including 63 Liberty Square townhomes
Posted: Oct 27, 2010The first round of this week's last-chance tax foreclosure sales closed this afternoon, resulting in the online auction sale of all 14 residential properties up for bid. Among those sales: a group of 63 vacant ... Read more »
'Last chance' online auction for unsold tax-foreclosed properties under way in Washtenaw County
Posted: Oct 26, 2010All the properties ended up in Washtenaw County's control after tax foreclosures. And all of them went through previous auctions to find a buyer. Then this morning, the county's "last chance" online auction started with ... Read more »
Liberty Square owners say Ypsilanti Township won't issue permits so they can make improvements
Posted: Oct 01, 2010The two units Carolyn Chadwick owns in Ypsilanti Township’s Liberty Square complex have seen significant improvements to their exteriors in the last several months. The township condemned her building due to numerous problems with the ... Read more »
Liberty Square owners fail to respond to notice of violations; 63 townhouses on the auction block
Posted: Sep 17, 2010Property owners at Liberty Square in Ypsilanti Township have failed to repair or demolish their townhouses as ordered, meaning the case is likely heading to court now. A second 30-day notice of violation issued to ... Read more »
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