A counterclaim filed by the city Thursday in a 2017 lawsuit over the future of the Landing seeks to evict the shopping center’s owners Sleiman Enterprises.
City attorneys cited several points on which they believe Sleiman Enterprises breached a lease agreement between the two entities. Those include: failing to have a “first-class retail facility,” using “all reasonable efforts” to lease space at the Landing to high-quality tenants and properly maintaining the property.
This comes on the heels of a letter sent May 25 in which the city notified Sleiman Enterprises it was terminating the lease agreement, which allows the company to occupy the property until 2056. The city owns the land; Sleiman Enterprises owns the buildings.
In November, the company sued the city for breach of contract, claiming the city had failed to provide adequate parking and security, maintain common areas outside of the buildings, provide adequate access to the property and had interfered with JLI’s attempts to bring in tenants and take part in city-wide events.
As part of the lawsuit, JLI filed a motion for injunctive relief on May 4, requesting that the city repair the city-owned docks at the Landing after they were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Matthew.
Mayor Lenny Curry and the mayor’s Chief Administrative Officer, Sam Mousa, were subpoenaed to provide depositions in the lawsuit on Aug. 16 and Aug. 17, respectively.
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