The former Brandy’s Liquor Shoppe – infamous for a shootout in broad daylight, prostitution issues, open market drug dealing, disorderly conduct, being the source of threats to neighbors, receiving and selling stolen liquor and a protracted battle to save its liquor licenses after a multitude of violations – has hit the real estate market.

A Craigslist ad lists the business and 3,000-square-foot building for $950,000, which includes $80,000 worth of inventory. The ad states the business, located at 902 W. Michigan Ave. at the intersection with South Summit Street, is earning $25,000 per week.

The ad further states the store is “the hottest liquor store in Ypsilanti,” states it’s “in a very safe and clean area,” highlights a new bulletproof window and points out that the “blood bank across the street brings lots of customers.” The ad says there has been renovation throughout the store, including a remodeled bathroom and a 30-door walk-in cooler.

The Craigslist ad also features an Ann Arbor News file photo used without MLive’s permission.

Interested parties are required to put down $300,000. City records show the building has a taxable value of $69,000, or a market value of $138,000. Approximately $20,000 in back taxes are owed dating back to summer of 2011.

But what the ad doesn’t make clear is if the sale price includes the property’s two liquor licenses, which is significant because the owner, Sam Hanna, is not allowed to own the property’s liquor licenses per Michigan Liquor Control Commission order. The order came after Hanna’s son, Brian Hanna, was caught receiving and selling stolen liquor.

The building is still owned by the Hanna family but was most recently rented to an associate and Eastpointe Happy’s Pizza owner, Frank Oraha. Oraha renamed the business Roundbottle, though it was briefly called EMU Liquor.

An LCC representative confirmed in an email that Oraha owns the liquor licenses but has several violations dating back to August 2013 for bouncing approximately $11,000 in checks to pay for liquor.

When reached by the Ann Arbor News on Thursday at the number listed in the ad, Sam Hanna identified himself as the one selling the business, but Hanna hung up when an Ann Arbor News reporter identified himself. Hanna’s last known lawyer, Lawrence Shulman, did not return calls.

On Friday, Andrea Miller, a spokeswoman for the LCC, wrote in an email that Hanna cannot legally sell the liquor license. She did not respond to questions whether the LCC’s enforcement department was concerned that it appeared Hanna was selling the business and liquor licenses. After the Ann Arbor News began making calls, Frank Oraha’s name was added to the Craigslist ad on Friday.

In an undercover raid by the Michigan State Police and Ypsilanti Police Department in 2010, Brian Hanna was caught receiving and selling stolen goods, including liquor, to undercover investigators on five occasions.

On Aug. 6, 2012, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission ordered the two liquor licenses owned by Hanna Brothers Worldwide be placed in escrow until they were transferred to someone not related to the family.

The order allowed the Hannas to operate the store, but prohibited them from selling liquor. They rented the building and sold the liquor licenses to Oraha, who opened sometime in July.

The Ypsilanti Police Department and Ypsilanti City Attorney John Barr’s investigation into the ownership situation found that the two parties share the same attorney, Charles Frangie, which was not illegal.

When reached on Thursday, Barr said he hadn’t heard the property was up for sale but would monitor the situation.

Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter for The Ann Arbor News.