Reyna Preciado is KGUN 9's Southside and City of South Tucson reporter. Send your story ideas to Reyna at [email protected].
SOUTH TUCSON , Ariz. — A protest took place Thursday night outside of the Sixth Avenue Suites, led by the workers of the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen. The community joined Brian Flagg, Roxanna Valenzuela, and Cesar Aguirre in asking the owner of the property to sell and leave South Tucson .
"The 60 days for Mr. Bowers and his LLCs to comply with the court settlement agreement runs until this Friday April 26th. We are making arrangements for City staff to undertake inspections early next week . From those inspections we will determine whether Mr. Bowers et al. have complied with the agreements. The Court has separately ordered that the parties file a joint status report not later than May 10th.
KGUN9 received a statement from Brian Bowers in response to the protest. His full statement was provided by Sammartino Law Group: Brian Bowers and Margeaux Bowers control the two companies, Torino Avenue, LLC, and AM Family Properties, LLC, that own the properties Casa Maria Tucson wants the Bowerses to sell – the 6th Avenue Suites and the Spanish Trails Suites. Casa Maria inquired about purchasing the Spanish Trail Suites in 2023 but was not a qualified buyer. It lacked the funds for a down payment, was not qualified for a loan, and unrealistically hoped to purchase the property for less than 20% of its market value.
The settlement reached with the city provided for certain maintenance to be done and capital improvements to be made to the properties, much of which the Bowerses had already completed. The agreement provided for a remediation period in which the work needed to be completed.
BRIAN FLAGG CASA MARIA CRIME HOMELESSNESS HOUSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROTEST SLUMLORDS SOUTH TUCSON
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