The dispute is being hashed out in court, leaving an estimated 20 families who remain at Valmar Gardens in limbo.
This isn’t the first failed property for Margabandhu. Over the last decade he has purchased apartment buildings in Penn Hills, Carrick and Swissvale; houses in Mt. Lebanon, South Side, Turtle Creek and Mt. Washington; restaurants in Swissvale and McKeesport; a dilapidated church in Arlington; a gas station in Verona and a convenience store in Glassport. He’s obtained many of them through deed transfers or else shuffled them from one Margabandhu entity to another. Many now sit abandoned and run-down.
Margabandhu has left a long trail of bankruptcies, unpaid taxes, code violations and litigation. Dozens of court cases have named Margabandhu (as well as his brother and business partner Sivram Margabandhu) as a defendant. His properties have been associated with illegal drugs and other illicit activities, according to court documents. The tenants’ situation at Valmar Gardens prompted the Allegheny County District Attorney to look into the matter, though a spokesman for the district attorney said the office is not pursuing criminal charges.
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