ALBANY - Taxes, penalties and fees coupled with code violations continue to mount for the hulking former Central Warehouse that punctuates the city landscape with no changes in sight.

Despite promises by owner Evan Blum to pay back taxes and transform the 11-story eyesore at 143 Montgomery St. into an arts hub, the property owes over $400,000 in taxes and there has been no progress to the former cold-storage warehouse.

Albany County records show property and school taxes dating back to 2011 have been unpaid and continued to accrue this year, with the total cost currently hovering at $399,444. Another $6,000 is due for the Montgomery Street property along with two other parcels owned by Blum under the limited liability corporation, The Phoenix of Albany, LLC, city tax bills show.

The building also has been slapped with several code violations, only some of which have been addressed, said city buildings Director Rick LaJoy.

“We currently have him in court,” LaJoy said. “He’s been trying to make some of the remedies he has been issued.”

LaJoy said when he notified Blum there had been a fire inside the building about a month or two ago and someone had broken in, Blum had boarded the building back up and fixed the fence that contains the colossal structure.

Not only was Blum cited for debris on the grounds and open doors and windows, but he also was issued violations for graffiti, lack of address identification on the building, bricks falling from the building, failing to register it as vacant, and not providing an engineer’s report, LaJoy said.

Most of those issues remain unresolved, although LaJoy said Blum claimed he addressed the crumbling masonry.

“I was satisfied with the board up and fence repair, but I don’t know about any repairs to the masonry,” LaJoy said. “Any repair of that nature would require a permit.”

There have been no applications or permits submitted for the site, he said.

County officials said Blum also has not struck an agreement on paying the taxes owed.

Located across from Interstate 787, the 500,000-square-foot building has been vacant since the 1990s and its interior was damaged in a 2011 fire. Constructed in 1927, the building contains toxic asbestos, which is very expensive to remove and remediate to comply with federal health and safety regulations.

Blum bought the property for $1 from Sunmark Federal Credit Union in August 2017, inheriting overdue tax bills of about $273,000. He planned to use the exterior as a massive art project while turning the interior into a hub for local artists to display their work inside.

Blum is the owner of Demolition Depot & Irreplaceable Artifacts, which deals in historic fixtures removed from buildings prior to demolition. Multiple calls placed to the New York City store on Wednesday were met with a busy signal.