Lazar Ostreicher pitched a big residential complex with city financial aid on the site of old Central High School, but Duluth says he breached his contract. He’s fighting the city while separately fighting a lender from foreclosing on a Duluth apartment building he owns.
Letter from Lazar Ostreicher’s attorney says St. Cloud-based Stearns Bank failed to provide a guarantee that could have kept his client from running afoul of city agreement for old Central High School property.