Anyone who has followed developments in the city of Detroit knows the billion-dollar business empire led by Chris Ilitch is notorious for asking for millions of dollars in tax subsidies from the Detroit City Council and has a history of not completing its projects on time — sometimes deciding to change lanes in the middle of its development goals.

Even the promise of providing a certain amount of jobs in exchange for tax breaks has often come under scrutiny to determine the accuracy of jobs actually provided.

That makes the ultra-rich Ilitch family business one of the most publicly scorned. Its freuent requests for corporate welfare checks from Detroit government to grow their wealth through business deals typically meets public denunciations.

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