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Saskatoon contractors owed money by a heavily-indebted landlord that owns more than 900 local apartment units are furious after learning of a plan to sell the apartment buildings without honouring millions in liens held by the contractors.

“This is a slap in the face,” said Barbara Martin, co-owner of EuroKraft Tiling Designs.

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EuroKraft is owed $17,238 for finishing 21 bathrooms at a building owned by the landlord, a group of 45 related companies in creditor protection, represented in Saskatchewan by Block 1 Management Ltd.

The landlord group was granted protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act last year after telling the court it could not pay its debts. Court documents at the time said the group was in default on a $104 million loan, had other major loans due and owing, and owed $12.7 million to unsecured creditors, including dozens of Saskatoon-based companies. Some of those firms had previously registered at least $4.5 million in liens against three of the group’s properties in Saskatoon.