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PO Box 1212 Tampa, FL 33601 Pinellas Updated November 2024
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RETURN TO NEWS INDEX Bank reclaims condo complex TAMPA - The future is uncertain for another big Tampa Bay area condominium project that was foreclosed on Wednesday. Corus Bank, the lender for the $74.8 million Lansbrook Village Condominiums in Palm Harbor, took back the property after its Atlanta-based developer defaulted on payments, online Pinellas County court records show. Condo owner Desmond Fowles said he thinks it's a good sign that the bank reclaimed the 509 units because the developer had failed to give the condominium owners association's board recent financial reports. "We feel it's a little positive," he said. "The bank is subject to more scrutiny than the developer." Developer Vista Properties also didn't replenish the board's reserves of $4 million. "The condos are 10 years old," said Fowles, who was at the Pinellas courthouse today to monitor the sale. "They're going to need new roofs in a couple of years. We don't have any resources." Fowles said he and other condo owners don't know whether the bank is going to raise unit dues for the reserve fund. Other owners are struggling, too, and in danger of foreclosure, Fowles said. "We don't know what is going to happen next," he said. Lansbrook Village was converted from apartments to luxury condos when the real estate market was booming. Lansbrook's spiral has put it in the company of several other big condo or development projects to fold since the market crashed. A few of those projects are: •The proposed 52-story Trump Tower Tampa, which never got off the ground and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November. •The Place at Channelside, which sold 171 units at an auction in October. The developer owed the bank $47 million. The winning bid at the auction for the 171 units was $21.9 million. •Ventana, which was to feature 84 condos in the Channel District. The developer surrendered ownership to its lender last year. |
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