Ilitch partner delinquent on Harsens Island property taxes

A search of records available at the St. Clair County Equalization Department indicates casino syndicator Michael J. Malik, Sr. is delinquent on 2008 property taxes due and payable for nine parcels of land on Harsens Island owned by his affiliate Lucky 7 Development LLC.

The nine parcels have a 2009 equalized value of $1,224,500. Malik's delinquent 2008 tax bills total $9,417.57.

Malik had attempted to win approval to develop a marina on the Harsens Island property in the 1990s. More recently he has resurrected those plans and expanded them to include clustered residential units and estate lots. His latest plans however, have also failed to win approvals from local and state agencies.

Malik is partners with the Detroit's Ilitch family on various casino and real estate ventures. For more than a decade, he has pushed plans to develop a Bay Mills Indian casino in Port Huron, MI. Those plans are also supported by members of the Ilitch family. Mrs. Marian Ilitch owns Detroit's MotorCity Casino.

Lucky 7 Development LLC was originally formed by Denise Ilitch and her former husband Jim Lites.