The city of Bangor is asking a judge when he will issue a decision in the on-going lawsuits against the owner of the mall.
Bangor twice sued the owner of the Bangor Mall, Namdar Realty Group, in late 2024. The cases are waiting for an opinion from Penobscot County Superior Court Justice Bruce Mallonee.
The city filed a two-sentence letter addressed to the judge on Friday.
“Water continues to leak from the roof into the interior of the Bangor Mall,” David Szewczyk wrote. “The City is really in need of receiving your decision on these matters.”
It’s been nearly four months since Mallonee heard arguments from the mall and the city about the list of issues plaguing the property. When he issues an opinion it will likely set what, if any, fines Namdar must pay, and give the city an avenue to ensure repairs are made.
Bangor is seeking at least $2.1 million in fines for the ongoing code issues as of February. The majority of the fines accumulate daily until repairs are completed.
There were eight buckets next to wet floor signs throughout the mall’s hallways when a Bangor Daily News reporter visited Monday afternoon.
An entrance next to the long-shuttered Sears was closed. A rope blocked off the whole hallway, including multiple empty storefronts. It also blocked the hallway to the public bathrooms and a sign said it is “closed down until further notice.”
People are directed to use public bathrooms in Dick’s Sporting Goods and JCPenney instead.
At least a dozen ceiling tiles were missing as of Monday afternoon, the BDN reporter saw.
A contractor who worked to repair the roof reported previously in court that the biggest leak was near an entry way by the mall offices. Part of the ceiling came down during a winter storm and it was “leaking profusely.”
That whole section of the roof was redone in the spring.
Visible repairs happened at the mall property nearly a year after the city of Bangor sued Namdar because of numerous code violations. The road around the mall has been paved and crews repaired a broken sewer main that caused a leak in August 2024.
The dilapidated sign at the corner of Hogan Road and Bangor Mall Boulevard was demolished Oct. 13.
Namdar bought the mall in 2019 for $12.6 million, a little more than half of the city of Bangor’s assessed value of $24.7 million for the property at the time.
It was assessed at just under $13.5 million as of April 2025.
