If Ford Motor Co.'s $90 million purchase price for Michigan Central Station shocked you, wait until you hear this one.

The Ford Motor Company Fund is planning a one-day haunted house at the vacant train station this year, said Shawn Wilson, the fund's multicultural manager.

He told me following a Neighborhood Advisory Council meeting Monday night that the date for the haunted house, which would be on the depot's first floor, has not yet been determined, but the fund is weighing whether to host it the weekend before the holiday, which falls on a Wednesday this year, or on Halloween.

A decision is expected in the next week.

The event would be free of charge, with residents of the so-called Impact Area of the Dearborn-based automaker's $740 million investment in the Corktown neighborhood west of the central business district given priority for attendance.

The Impact Area is generally bounded by I-75 and 21st Street to the west, West Lafayette Boulevard to the south, the Lodge Freeway (M-10) to the east, with a jog up Grand River Avenue to the northwest and Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard to the north.

The cost to put on the event is not yet known, Wilson said.

He expects a strong turnout. "Any time we provide an opportunity for people come inside and participate in something there, I think we'll have a positive showing," he said.

On Monday night, the Corktown advisory council approved drafting a letter recommending that the Detroit City Council approve $10 million in community benefits from Ford Motor Co., which paid $150 per square foot for the 600,000-square-foot train station in May as part of a $740 million plan to create an autonomous and electric vehicle technology campus in Corktown.

The automaker is seeking nearly $239 million in local, state and federal incentives for the project, $104 million of which would be from the city.