Do They Have A Case?

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Background: The City of Bristol, Connecticut (home to ESPN) purchased the rundown and nearly vacant mall in downtown. The plan to help all remaining tenants find new locations. The city will then tear the mall down.

The regional discount chain Ocean State Job Lot is suing the city of Bristol after being served with eviction papers. OSJL says the city has no right to evict them, when they still have 8 years left on their lease. They are also one of a small number of paying tenants still in the mall. They pay $12K per month for rent. They are also the only tenant left in the mall that attracts crowds of shoppers. Here's the story from The Bristol Press:

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[radioboy]

> Background: The City of Bristol, Connecticut (home to ESPN)
> purchased the rundown and nearly vacant mall in downtown.
> The plan to help all remaining tenants find new locations.
> The city will then tear the mall down.
>
> The regional discount chain Ocean State Job Lot is suing the
> city of Bristol after being served with eviction papers.
> OSJL says the city has no right to evict them, when they
> still have 8 years left on their lease. They are also one of
> a small number of paying tenants still in the mall. They pay
> $12K per month for rent. They are also the only tenant left
> in the mall that attracts crowds of shoppers. Here's the
> story from The Bristol Press:
>
http://www.zwire.com/site/n> ews.cfm?newsid=14741517&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6
>
We had a somewhat similar situation in that a florist shop that had been in business in the same location since 1928 (that's not a typo!)was given
an eviction notice as the city planned to renovate the building the put a
country club there. They gave the florist shop the better part of a year
to find a new location.

In the end, the florist moved rather than fight because the legal expenses would have been astronomical.

Which is ironic, because they've had this push to "revive downtown" for years.
But they push the small businesses out and put law offices and such in..*sigh*

The floral shop did survive but left downtown entirely.<P ID="signature">______________
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[DJKraze]

> Background: The City of Bristol, Connecticut (home to ESPN)
> purchased the rundown and nearly vacant mall in downtown.
> The plan to help all remaining tenants find new locations.
> The city will then tear the mall down.
>
> The regional discount chain Ocean State Job Lot is suing the
> city of Bristol after being served with eviction papers.
> OSJL says the city has no right to evict them, when they
> still have 8 years left on their lease. They are also one of
> a small number of paying tenants still in the mall. They pay
> $12K per month for rent. They are also the only tenant left
> in the mall that attracts crowds of shoppers. Here's the
> story from The Bristol Press:
>
http://www.zwire.com/site/n> ews.cfm?newsid=14741517&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6
>


this one is simple, in fact just today the ruling in the New London eminent domain case came down (see http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050623/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_seizing_property_2 )

remember the old saying "you can't fight city hall"

Geez, now I'm hearing this same story on CNN radio (hourly news break)

 

[Russty]

>
> The floral shop did survive but left downtown entirely.
>

That is Truly a shame about the florist. I mean it's good that they survived and stayed in business, but it is a real shame that they were forced to move. I see it over and over again, where nothing is preserved any more. Our disposable society is destroying our heritage. Our culture is becoming quite sterile. Why can't we find ways to re-use old spaces in new ways, rather than just obliterating places that have some hitoric value? It seems that the need to make as much money as possible wins out time and again over having respect for those who came before. I understand that in some cases these are the neccesary measures that need to be taken, but in many cases it is not. It might just cost a little more and take a bit longer. That would never do now would it. And as a result we lose a little bit of our past and a little bit of our heritage with each old building they tear down. And in another 30 to 40 years, they can repea the process all over again when the country club and the condos get run down.