Also, a once-hyped real estate firm beset by Beechview foreclosures.
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This week, PublicSource's Eric Jankiewicz spoke to Beechview business owners who were pulled into a business romp by the co-founder of a real estate company called Atlas Development ([link removed]) . They were eventually evicted from properties owned by their erstwhile friend, business partner and confidant.
Additionally, Mayor Ed Gainey announced legal challenges to the tax-exempt status of 104 properties in Pittsburgh ([link removed]) , including 57 belonging to UPMC.
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** Foreclosures raise doubts about Beechview real estate firm ([link removed])
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** Gainey hits UPMC, other nonprofits with big tax exemption challenge ([link removed])
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** A Pittsburgh medic earned double the mayor’s salary, and fewer police cost more money ([link removed])
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** Disappearing evictions? Bill would take most landlord-tenant complaint records out of the public eye ([link removed])
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* As Downtown hollows and commercial property values plummet, PPS school officials say a county-wide reassessment is necessary to shore up shaky finances ([link removed]) .
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