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Big Beaver Property Investment LLC Petitioner Vs. City Of Troy Respondent · 26-000442-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

BIG BEAVER PROPERTY INVESTMENT LLC, 

Petitioner, 

V. 

CITY OF TROY, 

Respondent. 

MTT Docket: 26-000442 

Parcel ID 88-20-22-477-067 

LAURA M. HALLAHAN (P42101) 

HALLAHAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

Attorneys for Petitioner 

1750 S. Telegraph Road 

Suite 202 

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0179 

(248) 731-3089 

LHallahan@Hallahanlaw.com 

LORI GRIGG BLUHM (P46908) 

TROY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 

Attorney for Respondent 

500 W. Big Beaver Road 

Troy, MI 48084 

(248) 524-3320 

BluhmLG@TroyMl.gov 

RESPONDENT’S ANSWER TO PETITION 

NOW COMES, Respondent, CITY OF TROY, by and through its attorney, Lori Grigg 

Bluhm, and for its Answer to Petitioner's Petition, states as follows: 

1. 

As to Paragraph 1, Respondent admits. 

2. 

As to Paragraph 2, Respondent admits that Petitioner did not file with the City of 

Troy Board of Review. 

3. 

As to Paragraph 3, Respondent admits.

6. 

As to Paragraph 6, Respondent admits that Petitioner is challenging the subject 

property's true cash and taxable values, but denies that there is support for the challenge. 

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As to paragraph 7, Respondent admits. 

8. 

As to Paragraph 8, Respondent admits. 

9. 

As to Paragraph 9, Respondent denies that the Petitioner's alleged values for the 

subject property are accurate and/or have any support for its contention. 

10. 

As to Paragraph 10, Respondent does not contest Petitioner's calculations, but 

denies that Petitioner's alleged values for the subject property are accurate and/or have any 

support for its contention. 

11. 

As to Paragraph 11, Respondent denies that the taxes imposed are invalid or 

unlawful, and denies that any reduction to the assessment for the Subject Property is 

appropriate, since the allegations are untrue. 

WHEREFORE, Respondent, CITY OF TROY, requests the Tribunal dismiss the 

Petition, affirm or increase Respondent's assessed and taxable values, subject to county and 

state equalization, and award Respondent its costs and attorney fees. 

Dated: July 14, 2026 

TROY 

Re {YETE 

LORI GRIGG BLUHM (P46908) 

Attorney for Respondent 

500 W. Big Beaver Road 

Troy, MI 48084 

(248) 524-3320 

BluhmLG@TroyMI.gov

AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES 

For its further Answer to Petitioner's Petition, Respondent relies on the following 

Affirmative Defenses: 

1. 

Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to set forth a cause of action 

against Respondent and to support its claim for relief. 

2. 

Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to establish fraud, error of 

law, discrimination, application of wrong principles or illegality on the part of the Respondent or 

its agents. 

3. 

Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to establish the true cash 

value, assessed value, and taxable value of its property. 

4. 

Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to support its allegations that 

the property's taxable value is improper, or failed to conform with the mode and method 

applied in the case of all properties in the City of Troy for 2026. 

5. 

Any decrease in the value of Petitioner's property was a result of its own 

intentional acts and/or negligence and cannot be allowed to reduce Petitioner's otherwise 

equitable tax burden. 

6. 

Respondent has properly and lawfully assessed Petitioner's property and 

established its taxable value in accordance with statutory and constitutional requirements. 

7. 

Respondent reserves the right to argue additional Affirmative Defenses during 

the pendency of this action.

Dated: July 14, 2026 

CITY OF TROY 

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LORI GRIGG BLUHM (P46908) 

Attorneys for Respondent 

500 W. Big Beaver Road 

Troy, MI 48084 

(248) 524-3320 

bluhmlg@troymi.gov 

Certificate of Service 

| hereby certify that on July 14, 2026, 

| filed this Answer and Affirmative Defenses with 

the Michigan Tax Tribunal and sent a copy to Petitioner's Attorney Laura Hallahan via email 

at: LHallahan@HallahanLaw.com; and also sent the documents via first class mail to the 

Michigan Department of Treasury, State Treasurer, 430 W. Allegan, Lansing, MI 49822; 

Secretary of School Board, Troy Public Schools, 4400 Livernois Road, Troy, MI 48098; 

Director of Equalization; Oakland Pointe Office Building, 250 Elizabeth Lake Road Suite 

1000, Pontiac, MI 48341; and Clerk, Oakland County, 1200 N. Telegraph, Building 12 East, 

Pontiac, MI 48341. 

Dated: July 14, 2026 

CITY OF 

TROY 

Clara Reid 

Legal Administrative Coordinator 

500 W. Big Beaver Road 

Troy, MI 48084

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