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[[Great Lakes Transit Corporation]], the public transit provider in the city of Wyandotte, soon acquired the building for use as a bus garage. The garage was transferred to the [[Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority]] (SEMTA) upon its acquisition of Great Lakes Transit on April 1, 1974, though SEMTA reassigned what it had renamed the Wyandotte Terminal it into its [[Metropolitan Transit (Dearborn, Michigan)|Metropolitan Transit]] division (for the past few years, Metropolitan had already operated bus routes along the portion of Fort Street that this building is located on that were continued by SEMTA).<ref>Motor Coach Age, October-December 2003, page 5.</ref> SEMTA closed the Wyandotte Terminal in 1981, replacing it with a smaller, leased garage at [[13400 Reeck Road (Southgate, Michigan)|13400 Reeck Road]] in [[Southgate, Michigan|Southgate]].<ref>Motor Coach Age, October-December 2003, page 14.</ref>
 
After the Wyandotte Terminal's closure, the property's parking lot was used to store repossessed cars<ref>[https://archive.org/details/Romulus081981/page/n25/mode/2up Sale listing], [[Romulus Roman (Romulus, Michigan)|Romulus Roman]], August 5 & 6, 1981, page C-4.</ref> before the building began housing various auto repair shops. In 1995 and 1996, Auto One was located in the building.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/Romulus061995/06-22-1995#page/n21/mode/2up CelluarOne advertisement], [[Romulus Roman (Romulus, Michigan)|Romulus Roman]], June 22, 1995, page C-7.</ref><ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/99974987/ Job listing], [[Detroit Free Press]], March 31, 1996, page 78.</ref> The next tenant, People's Choice Auto Maintenance & Repair, closed in 2006. By 2011, All American Auto Clinic had opened in the building. A [[Lincoln Park, Michigan|Lincoln Park]] man employed at the shop parked his 2005 Chevrolet vehicle at about 7 a.m. on May 3, 2012, and was notified by a co-worker that its front passenger’s window was broken.<ref>[https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/police_fire/wyandotte-off-the-blotter/article_98540121-6816-58a7-8d94-3af4d6a0f6e8.html "WYANDOTTE: Off the blotter"], [[The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], May 11, 2012.</ref> All American Auto Clinic closed in 2014. Downriver Auto Works opened at this address on June 25, 2016, though All American Auto Clinic's signs were left untouched.
 
In 2018, Crime Ring Kustoms moved into the building. The owner, Patrick Dingman, was charged with falsely reporting a customer's 2019 Ford Transit Van as stolen (at approximately 7:50 a.m. on February 11<ref>[https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/disorderly-intoxicated-men-arrested-woman-scammed-and-other-wyandotte-police-briefs/article_c19b6424-5d9e-11ea-98d5-3fb57dbcff43.html "Disorderly intoxicated men arrested, woman scammed and other Wyandotte police briefs"], [[The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], March 8, 2020.</ref>) and for concealing it in April 2020, and was further charged with receiving and concealing stolen property on April 19.<ref>[https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/wyandotte-business-owner-accused-of-stealing-from-customer-faces-multiple-felony-charges/article_ffc38624-840d-11ea-9267-43abaf765de1.html "Wyandotte business owner accused of stealing from customer; faces multiple felony charges"], [[The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], April 21, 2020.</ref> He was additionally charged with a count of conducting criminal enterprises on August 27, 2020.<ref>[https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/wyandotte-business-owner-charged-with-operating-a-criminal-enterprise/article_acebcfe2-e899-11ea-9c8d-678fac860c8a.html "Wyandotte business owner charged with operating a criminal enterprise"], [[The News-Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], August 28, 2020.</ref>
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