City's Response to Petition - WVH Acquisitions LLC - 26-000816.pdf
Wvh Acquisitions LLC Petitioner Vs. City Of Ann Arbor Respondent · 26-000816-TT
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STATE OF MCHIGAN MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL WVH ACQUISITION LLC, Petitioner, V City of Ann Arbor, Respondent. MTT Docket No. 26-000816 Joshua T. Shillair (P72674) COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL Attorney for Petitioner 400 W. 4th Street, Suite 350 Royal Oak, Michigan 48067 (248) 226-1632 joshua.shillair@colliers.com John W. Reiser (P45050) OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY Attorney for Respondent 301 E. Huron Street, 3rd Floor Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1908 (734) 794-6170 jreiser@a2gov.org RESPONDENT CITY OF ANN ARBOR’S RESPONSE TO PETITION Respondent City of Ann Arbor (“Respondent”), through the Ann Arbor City Attorney’s Office, responds in opposition to the Petition of WVH ACQUISTION LLC (“Petitioner”) as follows: 1. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 2. Admit. 3. Admit. 4. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 5. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 6. Admit.
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2 7. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs as to subparagraphs (a) through (d). 8. Admit. 9. Admit. 10. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. Further, Respondent denies the allegations in sub-paragraphs (a) through (d) as untrue. 11. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 12. Respondent leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 13. Respondent denies as untrue and, further, leaves Petitioner to its proofs. For the reasons stated above, Respondent requests that the Tribunal deny Petitioner’s request and affirm its 2026 assessed and taxable values. Dated: August 14, 2026 Respectfully submitted, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY By: /s/ John W. Reiser John W. Reiser (P45050) Attorney for Respondent 301 E. Huron Street, 3rd Floor Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1908 (734) 794-6170 jreiser@a2gov.org
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3 AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES Respondent City of Ann Arbor (“Respondent”), through the Ann Arbor City Attorney’s Office, and for its Affirmative Defenses to the Petition of WVH ACQUISITION LLC (“Petitioner”), states the following: 1. Respondent reserves the right to raise affirmative defenses as the same become apparent in the court of this litigation. Dated: August 14, 2026 Respectfully submitted, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY By: /s/ John W. Reiser John W. Reiser (P45050) Attorney for Respondent 301 E. Huron Street, 3rd Floor Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-1908 (734) 794-6170 jreiser@a2gov.org PROOF OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 14, 2026, I emailed a true and correct copy of the foregoing Response to Petition and Affirmative Defenses to the above-named attorney for petitioner at the address listed above. /s/ Dawn M. Bagozzi Legal Assistant