Hemmings Daily: Car museum could figure into redevelopment of Detroit's former Packard plant

Photo by Mike Boening. Along with art galleries, a nightclub, apartments, and a spa, the group behind the redevelopment of the former Packard plant in Detroit may also include a museum dedicated to Packard automobiles in their plans, though such a museum would likely not appear for many years. As the Detroit Free Press noted in a recent article on the redevelopment project, Fernando Palazuelo, who bought the sprawling 40-acre complex at a foreclosure auction in December 2013 for $405,000, has outlined four pha [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Thursday, August 11, 2016 [Car museum could figure into redevelopment of Detroit's former Packard plant] [Car museum could figure into redevelopment of Detroit's former Packard plant] Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Mike Boening. 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