The city of San Jose is preparing to fine a developer a $1,000 a day for neglecting a historic downtown church. If the church is not sold to someone else soon, city officials said they may take ownership.
is preparing to fine a developer a $1,000 a day for neglecting a historic downtown church. If the church is not sold to someone else soon, city officials said they may take ownership.Advocates say years of neglect and a wet winter have taken a toll on the property.
The owner, Z and L Properties, had planned to develop the site back in 2014, but that never got off the ground. And now the company's chairman sits on house arrest in London, embroiled in a bribery scandal out of San Francisco. City officials are understandably frustrated. They've been pushing Z&L to sell the property. The company's other San Jose sites are already on the market."Up to this point there has been good faith efforts even though it's terribly slow. The pandemic definitely did get in the middle and the financing conditions didn't help," said Nanci Klein, San Jose's Director of Economic Development.For now, San Jose has begun the process of code enforcement.
They said it was once a movie theater, and could be again. But they say the church is worth preserving.
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