Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Westbard developer delinquent on taxes to Montgomery County

Developer Regency Centers, which plans to redevelop over 20 acres of land in the Westbard area of Bethesda, is in arrears to Montgomery County. Alexandre A. Espinosa, MoCo's Director of Finance, reports that the entity "Equity One (Westwood II), LLC" owes the County and/or state $904.05 on a 46,609 SF property at Westbard, and $384.98 on a second, .34 acre property there. Equity One was recently acquired by Regency Centers.

If the money owed isn't paid by 4:30 PM on June 9, the County will hold a public sale of the tax liens on both properties. The unpaid funds raise a new issue - Does the County allow applicants who haven't paid the required taxes and/or fees on a property to proceed through the development approval process? If so, why? Regular taxpaying citizens can find themselves ineligible for various government services if they owe taxes. Is there a double standard for developers?

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Developer Regency Centers, which plans to redevelop over 20 acres of land in the Westbard area of Bethesda"

I thought it was "one block"?

Anonymous said...

oh god dont get robert started on counting blocks again......

Elon Musk of Bethesda said...

Your meme game sucks Dyer!

Anonymous said...

Good for them for not wanting to subsidize a B.S. museum.

Anonymous said...

"Alexandre A. Espinosa, MoCo's Director of Finance, reports that..."

Where did he report that?

Robert Dyer said...

3:42: #scooped

Anonymous said...

so no answer then? no way for your readers to do any digging on their own? instead we can either take your word for it or the Council? Between some guy on Blogger.com or an elected rep i think im going to go with the elected rep...

Rugby said...

I am going to go with Robert, always a good source of info. Great for getting a different point of view.

Friends of Woodmont Triangle said...

6:11 AM I concur, Robert has always helped provide new insight on info. I would trust him for all sources of information.

Robert Dyer said...

6:09: The Council hasn't disputed my report. What "word" of theirs are you taking? You're disputing the records of the County Director of Finance?

Here's the top question - why would you be defending a $4 billion out-of-state firm that hasn't paid its taxes in Montgomery County?

Anonymous said...

6:58 AM

I don't think the Council reads your reports and work like you seem to think they do...

Anna Van Horn said...

Those sites aren't on their list of tax-lien sale properties
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Finance/taxsale-list-properties.html

Where did you find the info?


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Robert Dyer said...

8:20: Sorry, they're on there. If they disappear, it's only because they paid up since I published my report. Once again you implicate yourself as the troll by having the same position as 3:42, 6:09.

No regular resident is going to go to bat for a $4 billion out-of-state real estate firm.

#Oops

Anonymous said...

once again dyer refuses to post any proof or cite any sources. without sources this is just all hearsay

Anna Van Horn said...

Oh, Robert, Robert, Robert...That's your paranoia talking.

I've been checking out the list every year since I worked for RE development/property management firm in the 1980's. Sheesh.

For avoiding future paranoia attacks:
I also check out the delinquent taxpayers,
Unclaimed property for 5 states,
UUC filings,
MC Budget

But thanks for confirming that was the list you'd used. :)

The typical tax evader in the United States is a male under the age of 50 in the highest tax bracket and with a complicated return, and the most common means of tax evasion is overstatement of charitable contributions, particularly church donations.


Anonymous said...

OK to call out Regency Centers-- yes, the bill should be paid...

But this is a de minimis amount that likely slipped due to a clerical error, whether on the part of the County (possible that bills were not mailed to the correct address) or at Regency Centers. Could be that a change in procedures related to the Regency/Equity One merger caused a slip-up.

Let's not make a mountain out of the proverbial molehill...

One effect of this article: those bills no doubt have been paid.

Anonymous said...

"Let's not make a mountain out of the proverbial molehill..."

Remember who you're talking to. LOL