19, when another building owned by George, near Loring Park, caught fire early that morning.
“That hasn’t worked since we’ve seen a few examples where people take the boards down and break into the building.” George,” said a statement from the office of City Council member Aisha Chughtai, who represents the area around the most recent fire.Ĭity officials have worked on boarding up and securing condemned buildings George owns, “so people don’t end up living in them,” the statement said. “The city is tracking the issues at various buildings he owns and is in contact with Mr. His attorney did not immediately return a phone call or email about the fires or George’s plans for his properties. Another tenant in the building said he does not speak to outsiders or prospective renters.
Part of the roof and an exterior wall collapsed in the alley.Ĭrews laid additional lines to protect neighboring buildings, which include apartments and the Leaning Tower of Pizza restaurant.George could not immediately be reached for comment he is not listed as a tenant in the building he lists at his home address, 2515 Blaisdell Ave., a few blocks from the fire. They found heavy smoke billowing from the second floor, according to a news release from the Minneapolis Fire Department.įire crews were forced to leave the building due to the extent of the fire, which spread to all floors. Neighbors had voiced concerns with the city and the neighborhood association about the Loring Park property's deteriorating condition for several years.įire crews responded to the Lyndale Avenue fire just after 6 a.m. Since then, the city charged him $39,000 in special assessments, including costs of boarding up and reboarding the building. In a previous Star Tribune story about the Loring Park fire, he declined to comment.Ĭity officials had been working with George to see if he was willing to sell the Loring Park property, which had been condemned in 2021 for safety hazards. George, who lives in Minneapolis, couldn't be reached for comment Sunday. The Lyndale property had a value of $2 million, and George paid $36,000 in property taxes. George has paid $59,000 in property taxes there this year. In the Lyndale Avenue fire, a person jumped from the second floor to escape.Īccording to county property records, the Loring Park building, at 200 Oak Grove St., was valued at $3.5 million. Nobody was hurt in either fire, but officials said squatters inhabited the buildings. In September, a condemned building in Loring Park owned by George was also damaged by a fire.
On Saturday, the Minneapolis Fire Department spent hours fighting a large fire at 2312 Lyndale Avenue S., in a building owned by C. A Minneapolis apartment building owner had a second vacant property damaged by fire last week, a few months after the first incident.
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