The Ypsilanti City Council yanked a tax abatement from Go Downtown! on Tuesday night, reversing an earlier decision to let two late tax payments slide. The council earlier voted not to revoke the abatement from the company, which local developer Stewart Beal is a partner in, but reconsidered at Tuesday's ...
The Ypsilanti City Council opted not to yank a tax abatement from the Stewart Beal-owned Go Downtown! after the development company twice paid its taxes late. Per city policy, any company or person approved for an Obsolete Property Reduction Act (OPRA) abatement can't pay their taxes late more than once. ...
The City of Ypsilanti and developer Stewart Beal have reached a deal on how to proceed with initial renovations on the Thompson Block building, the first sign of real progress since legal maneuvering began four months ago.Per the agreement, all exterior walls will be stabilized, all shoring will be removed from the Cross ...
A 21-year-old man accused of starting a fire that severely damaged the Thompson Block building in Ypsilanti turned himself in to authorities. Jacob Robert-Andrew Popiolek was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of arson to real property, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was released on ...
Ypsilanti city officials secured an administrative search warrant to get an independent engineer access to the Thompson Block building property for an inspection. City officials say they hired the engineer to inspect the condition and safety of the building, but their requests for access were ignored by developer Stewart Beal, whose Historic Equities Fund ...
A judge ordered the entire Ypsilanti City Council to be present at the next facilitation session between the city and Historic Equities Fund 1 LLC, which owns Depot Town’s Thompson Block building. The order came after the latest salvo in the dispute between the city and developer Stewart Beal, a member ...
The City of Ypsilanti and Stewart Beal were ordered to facilitate the dispute over the Thompson Block. A Washtenaw County judge ordered the City of Ypsilanti and developer Stewart Beal to set up facilitation sessions in an effort to break a stalemate on how to proceed with the Thompson Block ...
The Thompson Block is now at the center of a lawsuit and countersuit. Ypsilanti developer Stewart Beal has filed a countersuit against the City of Ypsilanti in the latest development over the fate of the Thompson Block building. In the lawsuit filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court Thursday afternoon, Beal’s ...
A lawsuit by the City of Ypsilanti against developer Stewart Beal has been reassigned to a new judge. Beal’s attorney, Nora Wright, made a motion for the case to be heard by Judge Donald Shelton instead of Judge David Swartz during a hearing today over the future of the Thompson ...
The City of Ypsilanti and developer Stewart Beal will meet in court on April 28 to decide the fate of the Thompson Block building. Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge David Swartz signed an order for Beal to appear and explain why the structure isn’t a nuisance and why Swartz shouldn’t ...
The Ypsilanti City Council rejected a proposed agreement with Thompson Block developer Stewart Beal on Tuesday, a move that will likely send the months-long battle to court. The council voted 4-3 to turn down a plan developed by Beal and City Manager Ed Koryzno that provided a timeline for removing ...
The City of Ypsilanti and developer Stewart Beal could be headed to court to settle a dispute over the future of the historic Thompson Block building in the heart of Depot Town.The two sides have both battled and come to agreements several times in the last several months over support ...
Developer Stewart Beal detailed plans for stabilizing and renovating the Thompson Block building at Tuesday night's Ypsilanti City Council meeting. In the city-mandated presentation, he asked for an extension on his traffic control order allowing his company, Beal Properties LLC, to block part of the River Street public right-of-way until ...
Ann Arbor-based real estate management firm Beal Properties is poised to sign an agreement with a tenant who will launch a 3,420-square-foot medical marijuana facility at the Beal Building in downtown Detroit. Beal Properties founder Stewart Beal said the tenant has signed a letter of intent to lease the second ...
In the nearly 90 days since the Thompson Block building burned, traffic has been diverted around the beams at Cross and River streets that prop up the building’s facade.If Beal has his way, that detour may remain in place another 20 to 45 days.
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