Bangor doesn't believe

On Thursday, less than a day after the ownership of the shopping centers, more than 20 buckets were placed in the hallways of the Bangor Mall.

The Namdar Realty Group sent an explanation to the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday, some of which stated that all the roof leaks were “addressed” and damaged ceiling tiles are replaced.

But the city of Bangor denies Namdar's claim that the repairs are complete.

The city's code department photographed Lecks in Bangor Mall on Wednesday, according to a explanation that the spokesman for the city of David Warren presented on Thursday. A shopping center Manager told the city this week that the repairs of the internal roof were not completed, added the explanation.

Buckets were placed under the lack of or water -damaged ceiling tiles when a reporter from Bangor Daily News and photographer visited the shopping center on Thursday morning. Some ceiling tiles had been replaced, but water stains were visible on old and new tiles.

The sections of the corridors of the shopping center were blocked with wet floor tags, often accompanied by buckets. A place in front of Goldthwait Vision Care was blocked with benches and a damp floor shield, while more than 10 buckets were placed under leaks.

This is a new leak, this time through the skylight, said a Namdar spokesman on Thursday afternoon when he was asked about the buckets in the shopping center. Roofers tried it for eight hours on Wednesday, but the snow made it difficult to assert itself.

The skylight is located in another area of ​​the shopping center as a Goldthwait Vision Care.

The dispute between Namdar and Bangor about the status of these repairs marks the latest escalation between the two parties, since he is waiting for a judge to decide whether the city's shopping center should pay $ 2 million. Namdar's statement is particularly unusual, since parties in active legal disputes are usually rejected outside the court when the case ends.

The city has two active lawsuits against the shopping center due to violations of a leaky roof, large potholes, a dilapidated sign and the owner could not repair a broken sewage tube. In August, a dolin hole opened around a 54-inch rainwater tube, which led to a break in a 10-inch sampling and an 18-inch rainwater tube. The wastewater flowed from a broken pipe on the shopping center in the Penjajowo -Strom, which the city repaired.

This break is “largely due to the lack of preventive maintenance measures before buying the property by the Namdar Realty Group,” said the company based in New York. The previous owner of the shopping center neglected the infrastructure, which made it possible for the rainwater to seep from pipes and undermine the soil, which led to the scout, said Namdar.

Namdar used robot cameras to locate failures in the rainwater system and found a “significant part” of it beyond the company's limit, which means that it is the responsibility of the city, the explanation says.

In response, the city said that the lines crossed private roads from Namdar and no dolin holes or other sewage problems occurred under public roads near the shopping center. Bangor has not seen the camera shots.

No dolines have developed in the public road or in the Bangor Mall entrances, the city said. The sinkhole, which caused the wastewater pipe, was on the former book-in-million property in a relief from Namdar.

Maintaining private rainwater pipes is the responsibility of the owner, said the city.

“Namdar is wrong in his implication that the maintenance or repair of the rainwater or the sewage pipes lies the responsibility of the city,” said the city.

“Namdar is similarly wrong if he accuses the city of” beneficial to characterize the responsibility for the drainage system segment “, which caused the damage in this matter,” continued the city's statement. “It is Namdar who incorrectly characterized the location of the drainage system, which is responsible for the large majority of damage in this matter.”

Bangor's city code requires an annual inspection of the rainwater drainage system and for property owners to submit a copy of the report to the city. The previous owner did not submit any reports and the city did not enforce it, said Namdar. The company had not submitted any reports in the first five years of property.

The city asked Namdar twice for the reports, it said.

Namdar also said that corporate representatives and a renovation partner flew in Bangor last week to discuss that the property was converted into housing, commercial office and other uses with urban officials.

The city said it met with representatives of Namdar on February 13th.

In the Hogan Road, letters in the Bangor Mall sign are still missing. A representative of Namdar said on January 10 that a contractor was hired and paid to remedy the sign next week.

In addition, the former Sears Store, which was closed in 2018, is separated from power due to the leaking, the city said, and does not render the sprinkler system.