A Ramsey County District Court judge has ordered a temporary halt to any planned demolition at the old Red’s Savoy pizza location on East Seventh Street pending a hearing next month.
More than a dozen business owners recently sued the city of St. Paul, the city’s Housing and Redevelopment and Authority and Listening House, a Dayton’s Bluff day shelter for the homeless, in an effort to prevent them from installing a satellite day shelter at 421 E. Seventh St.
On Monday, Judge Leonardo Castro granted the defendants’ request to move a scheduled hearing on a proposed temporary injunction from Sept. 14 to Oct. 10. During that time, said Castro, “no demolition … shall commence,” and $1.4 million in tax increment financing that the HRA had agreed to transfer to Listening House “shall not be transferred.”
Both sides are expected to submit briefs to the court before the next hearing date. The plaintiffs include Heppner’s Auto Body, Bulldog Lowertown, the Dark Horse Bar, the Gopher Bar, the Barrel Theory Beer Company, Kat-Key’s Lock and Safe and owners of several residential properties.
