AKRON, Ohio -- Chapel Hill Mall tenants are facing another potential utility shutoff, as Summit County moves forward with preparing a foreclosure complaint against the Akron mall’s owners.

Ohio Edison delivered notices to tenants Friday indicating that electric service could shut off on Jan. 20 if the mall’s bill is not paid, a FirstEnergy spokesman told cleveland.com.

The notices came one week after the mall avoided being forced to close, after the property owner made a partial payment on an overdue water and sewer bill.

The mall’s owner, Michael Kohan of New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group, did not respond Friday to calls or emails from cleveland.com.

Summit County Chief Deputy Fiscal Officer Mike Migden told cleveland.com Friday that the office has been preparing the foreclosure complaint, and expects to file it in court early next week.

Jack LaMonica, chief of staff for Summit County Fiscal Officer Kristen Scalise, said Chapel Hill Mall Realty Holdings, managed by Kohan, has not made a real estate tax payment since January 2019.

Kohan will receive a real estate tax bill next week for $455,418.23, LaMonica said. That amount is the overdue taxes, plus a billing for the first half of 2020, which includes more than $340,000 in delinquent water and sewer bills that Akron certified to the Fiscal Office in September.

Due to its combined real estate tax, water and sewer bills, the mall is the "number-one delinquent parcel within Summit County,” LaMonica said.

LaMonica said the Fiscal Office reached out to Kohan and his lawyer earlier this week via email and certified mail, but has not heard back.

During the proceedings, Kohan would still be able to pay the delinquent taxes to avoid foreclosure.

LaMonica said the Fiscal Office plans to use the Summit County Land Bank to initiate the foreclosure, similar to the proceedings to foreclose on the Rolling Acres Mall in 2013. The Land Bank is a nonprofit, with Scalise serving as chair, that reclaims and rehabilitates properties.

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