Officials Pressure Owner to Finish or Scrap Building
The city has commenced a nuisance abatement action against the owner of a long-abandoned apartment building, pressuring him to either complete construction or tear it down.
The building on Horn Avenue just north of Sunset Boulevard has been occupied by homeless people who are lighting fires that could endanger the neighborhood, said City Atty. Mike Jenkins. The building is also infested with rats, he said.
Construction on the two-story building started more than seven years ago. The original owner died in 1990. The property was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and then by the New York firm Coolidge Redwood Equities, he said.
“We’re trying to get [Redwood Equities] to either finish the project or tear it down,” said Jenkins.
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