There were no takers because bids started at $200,000. 2021, the year the bankruptcy was discharged. It appeared in the first-stage “upset auction” in Sept. The property was tied up in a bankruptcy for years that prevented the county from listing it for auction, according to county tax-claim operator Elite Revenue Solutions LLC. It landed in the auction due real estate taxes not paid by the owners, listed as Louis Weihbrecht and others.Ī total $198,722 in real estate taxes were owed dating back to 2006, county tax claim records show. The three-story structure on 0.04-acre is assessed at $230,400, county property records show. While the bar had previously been in the news for criminal activity, Perdom said she is determined to make the business she puts there an asset in the neighborhood.įormally known as a judicial sale, Thursday’s auction sold properties cleared of liens and back taxes because they were not purchased at a first-stage upset sale.īids for the South Main Street property started at $5,898. Perdom said she hasn’t been inside the structure and will assess it to determine reuse plans, though she expects it will continue as a restaurant and bar. Plains Township resident Yvette Perdom submitted the winning bid at the free-and-clear sale amid heated competition that caught the attention of everyone in the bidding area set up at King’s College.

in Wilkes-Barre formerly operating as Outsiders Bar and, more recently, as The Dragonfly.

The highest price paid in Thursday’s well-attended Luzerne County delinquent tax auction was $164,000 for a restaurant/bar at 650 S. A total 425 bidders registered for the Thursday’s Luzerne County free-and-clear delinquent tax auction.

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