The developer of the proposed Ground Zero mosque still can’t seem to pay his bills.
In 2009, Sharif El-Gamal and his company, Soho Properties, agreed to settle an eviction claim by paying $56,000 to Royal Crispin Inc., landlord of the mosque-development site at 552 Broadway.
But Royal Crispin now says El-Gamal, who fled the property before the lease was finished, never paid up, and it has filed a second Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against the beleaguered business to recoup the money.
In December, El-Gamal and Soho Properties were also accused of defaulting on $100,000 in Citibank loans.
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