Lawsuit In The Mission

The housing development in the Mission District that helped spark a backlash against new projects in that neighborhood has become mired in a nasty lawsuit filed by the developer against the landowner, according to an exclusive report by the San Francisco Business Times’s Cory Weinberg. The suit claims the property owners tried to delay approvals on the 331-unit development while they sought out other, higher-paying buyers, despite a 2013 agreement with Maximus Real Estate Partners. The suit seeks $12 million in damages or an injunction against the owners selling to another party, Weinberg reports.