Milwaukee asks judge for control of former Northridge Mall.

AuthorDuran, Ethan
PositionMilwaukee, Wisconsin, Black Spruce Enterprise Group

Byline: Bridgetower Media Newswires

By Ethan Duran

eduran@dailyreporter.com

Milwaukee officials have asked a county judge to give ownership of the former Northridge Mall to the city after years of ongoing litigation with the building's Chinese owners, multiple reports showed.

Attorneys representing Milwaukee asked Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William Sosnay to strip U.S. Black Spruce Enterprise Group's title from the property and give it to the city, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported.

In a court filing, city attorneys said "the time to act is now" to raze the building before someone is seriously injured, MBJ reported.

Trespassers allegedly set fire to the building several times last summer, and fire department officials warned broken glass and a shoddy roof made firefighting conditions extremely dangerous.

Black Spruce submitted a plan to raze the building on Jan. 13, but the court told the owner to send in revised plans within one week, court records showed. The owner continues to pay $2,000 per day as the property remains unsecure and a motion hearing is set for March 17.

In previous court appearances, Sosnay found Black Spruce in contempt of the court and...

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