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Court & legal recordsArchived file

Seaview: signed Cyclone deposit agreement and proposed order, ECF 18-19 excerpt

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: December 8, 2025

Signed agreement divides a disputed $500,000 buyer deposit into $375,000 for the receiver, $124,500 for Cyclone and a $500 escrow fee, conditional on court approval. Includes counterpart signatures and an unsigned proposed order. It is separate from the tenant settlement.

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Excerpt of ECF 18-19, filed December 22, 2025 in 25-23251-MEH: attachment pages 8–19, original combined PACER PDF pages 444–455. Public pages 1–9 contain the December 8 agreement and signed counterparts/joinder; pages 10–12 are the unsigned proposed approval order. Public page 2 states the allocation and approval condition. The underlying motion/service list is omitted. The court entry point is supplied because no attachment-specific direct URL was verified. A signed agreement and a proposed order do not prove approval, escrow release or downstream City recovery.

File: seaview-cyclone-deposit-agreement-2025-12-08-ecf18-19-excerpt-public.pdf

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Seaview: FourLeaf’s adequate-protection memorandum, ECF 18-20

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: December 22, 2025

Lender’s 20-page memorandum argues for leaving the receiver in control and describes the sale and proposed transfer of a deficiency claim to a tenant trust. The document is advocacy; its allegations and attached-media descriptions are not independent court findings.

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Complete ECF 18-20, filed December 22, 2025 in 25-23251-MEH, extracted from original combined PACER PDF pages 456–475. Public pages 17–18 describe the tenant note/deficiency transfer; they do not establish tenant cash payments. Read characterizations of objections and marketing with the December 3 transcript, signed sale order and January 7 dismissal opinion. The court entry point is supplied because no attachment-specific direct URL was verified.

File: seaview-lender-memorandum-2025-12-22-ecf18-20-public.pdf

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Seaview: receiver Edward Denton’s declaration, ECF 18-13

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: December 22, 2025

Receiver’s signed 16-page declaration explains the lender-funded receivership, marketing, tenant note/deficiency assignment and Cyclone deposit dispute. These are the receiver’s statements and arguments, rather than independent findings or payment receipts.

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Complete ECF 18-13 extracted from publisher-provided 478-page combined PACER export of ECF 18 and attachments, filed December 22, 2025 in 25-23251-MEH. Original combined PDF pages 224–239 become public pages 1–16. Referenced exhibits are separate filings, not included in this copy. The court entry point is supplied because no attachment-specific direct URL was verified. Pages 12–14 distinguish the tenant arrangement and buyer-deposit dispute. Historical acquisition dates should be checked against the assessor and original deed.

File: seaview-receiver-declaration-2025-12-22-ecf18-13-public.pdf

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Seaview: December 3 sale-hearing transcript excerpts, ECF 36

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: December 3, 2025

Selected hearing pages document the City’s objection to uncompensated judgment liens and explain that the roughly $5 million tenant arrangement involved a deficiency claim. Includes the filing declaration, hearing caption and reporter certificate; this is an excerpt, with original page references.

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Publisher-provided 54-page PACER export, ECF 36, filed December 30, 2025 in case 25-23251-MEH, attaching the December 3 hearing in CL24-5300T-00. Public copy selects original PDF pages 1, 2, 4, 8–11 and 33–46 (21 pages). Public pages 4/13 show the City objection; 7/11 explain the deficiency arrangement. Two references to an unrelated private person are redacted on public page 18. The reporter certificate is reproduced from the source; it does not certify this publisher-selected excerpt as the complete hearing.

File: seaview-sale-hearing-2025-12-03-ecf36-excerpts-public.pdf

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Seaview receivership: state-court filing index, CL2405300T-00

Virginia state agencies · Newport News Circuit CourtDocument date: October 24, 2026

Publisher-supplied screenshots of the case filing list show January 20 fund/settlement orders, a March 5 receiver final report and accounting materials, and a March 17 order. The index establishes listed filings, not the contents of those documents or amounts paid.

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Source notes

Observed in publisher-provided screenshots of the Virginia court case-information filing list for CL2405300T-00. The source URL is the official local gateway, not a direct image or order link. January 20, 2026 rows include QUALIFIED SETLMNT FUNDTRUST, NN TENANT FUND & RELIEF and GRANTING MOT APPV SETLMNT. March 5 rows include RECEIVERS FINAL TO COURT, TO APRVE FINAL ACCTNG and 1-FINAL ACCTNG STREAMCO LL; March 17 lists an Order without descriptive remarks. Underlying texts were not accessible from the list and have not been reviewed. October 24 is the review date, not an asserted filing or screenshot-capture date. No downloadable order is represented by this catalog entry.

Court & legal recordsArchived file

Seaview bankruptcy: tenant response, counsel declaration and deposition excerpts, ECF 47/47-1

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: January 5, 2026

Tenant claimants’ response and counsel’s declaration supporting stay relief, with selected owner deposition pages. The declaration describes a planned Qualified Settlement Fund hearing and the City’s sale position. These are attributed statements, not a funded settlement or payment record. Public copy redacts claimant and incidental private names.

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Tenant claimants’ response and counsel’s declaration supporting stay relief, with selected owner deposition pages. The declaration describes a planned Qualified Settlement Fund hearing and the City’s sale position. These are attributed statements, not a funded settlement or payment record. Public copy redacts claimant and incidental private names.

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Source notes & file details

Publisher-provided combined PACER export, filed January 5, 2026 at 16:34:06 in case 25-23251-MEH. Physical PDF pages 1–5 are ECF 47; pages 6–35 are ECF 47-1. Declaration text is pages 7–13; roster pages 15–17 are redacted; deposition excerpts are pages 19–35. Two uploads have identical extracted text and rendered pages and count as one source package. The source URL is the court entry point, not a direct public PDF link. No executed tenant agreement, fund-creation order, deposit or distribution record is attached. Read the declaration’s description of City support with the signed sale order’s compensation objection. Public images recompressed for download; text and source pagination retained.

File: seaview-ecf-47-response-declaration-deposition-2026-01-05-public.pdf

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Seaview: February 11, 2025 order appointing special receiver, ECF 18-10

Virginia state agencies · Newport News Circuit CourtDocument date: February 11, 2025

Newport News Circuit Court appoints StreamCo Property Resolutions LLC. Paragraph 3(j) excludes pending City water-bill actions and appeals from the receiver’s litigation authority; other provisions address utility expenses and required accounting.

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Circuit Court case CL24-5300T-00. State order entered February 11, 2025 (PDF page 11), retained as Exhibit I to ECF 18 in bankruptcy case 25-23251-MEH, filed December 22, 2025. Twelve-page PACER copy provided by the publisher; all pages visually reviewed and original bytes preserved. Page 6 contains the City water-litigation exception; pages 7–9 describe payment conditions and accounting duties. Authority or a reporting requirement is not proof of a payment or a filed report.

File: seaview-receiver-appointment-order-2025-02-11-ecf-18-10.pdf

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Seaview: December 3, 2025 sale and tenant-property order, ECF 18-11

Virginia state agencies · Newport News Circuit CourtDocument date: December 3, 2025

Signed Newport News Circuit Court sale order with proceeds provisions, tenant-property terms, handwritten amendments and a City objection about compensation for judgment liens. Exhibit B lists City and other claims. Actual closing, payments and full tenant agreements are not included.

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Circuit Court case CL24-5300T-00. Entered December 3, 2025 (PDF page 10), retained as Exhibit J to ECF 18 in bankruptcy case 25-23251-MEH, filed December 22, 2025. Fifteen-page publisher-provided PACER copy; all pages visually reviewed and exact bytes preserved. Pages 6–9 contain operative terms and amendments; page 11 has Pamela Bates’s City objection; page 14 is Exhibit B. Handwritten amendments are material and should be read with the printed text. The order is not a closing statement or payment receipt.

File: seaview-sale-approval-order-2025-12-03-ecf-18-11.pdf

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Seaview bankruptcy: January 7, 2026 dismissal order and memorandum, ECF 50

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: January 7, 2026

Judge Mark E. Hall dismissed Seaview Apartments LLC’s Chapter 11 case for lack of good faith and additional cause. The memorandum describes a proposed transfer of FourLeaf’s deficiency claim against Benjamin Weinstein to former tenants; it does not establish a funded cash payment.

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Case 25-23251-MEH, ECF 50. Filed and entered January 7, 2026 at 15:54:27. Twelve-page PACER copy provided by the publisher October 24, 2026; all pages reviewed and original bytes preserved. Page 2 orders dismissal and denies ECF 18 as moot. Memorandum pages 3–12 states the reasoning; pages 6–7 describe the tenant claim assignment. Scheduled January 8 closing is not proof that closing occurred then. Original sale/settlement and distribution records remain needed.

File: seaview-ecf-50-dismissal-order-and-memorandum-2026-01-07.pdf

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Seaview bankruptcy: PacerMonitor public docket summary

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey — PacerMonitor summaryDocument date: Date not specified

Public mirror lists the company’s bankruptcy filing December 15, 2025, dismissal January 7, 2026 and administrative closure February 18, 2026. The original January 7 dismissal order is now retained separately. The complete official docket and closing material remain needed.

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Source notes

Public docket mirror reviewed October 24, 2026. ECF 50 is the January 7 dismissal; ECF 49 is a January 6 tenant-claimant support filing. Closure is separate from dismissal. Original ECF 50 now retained separately; mirror financial summary not relied on. Entry-number cross-check: https://www.bkalerts.com/recent-bankruptcy-cases/new-jersey-bankruptcy-court/3%3A25-bk-23251/bankruptcy-case-seaview-apartments-llc

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City assessment sales history: 90 28th Street, parcel 310040124

City of Newport News · Real Estate AssessorDocument date: Date not specified

Official assessment table lists a January 23, 2026 sale date, buyer 28TH ST LLC, $9,050,000 and instrument 260001101; it also lists a May 20, 2020 sale to SEAVIEW APARTMENTS LLC for $9,300,000, instrument 200006855. These are assessment entries, not deed images or creditor distributions.

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Source notes

Official public tax-year 2027 sales table, retained October 16, 2026. Call the date the assessor-recorded sale date, not deed execution or recording date. Neither price establishes City recovery, net proceeds, seller identity or judicial-sale status. Original instruments remain unreviewed.

Meetings & decisionsArchived file

Seaview status and resident support: adopted April 11, 2023 minutes

City of Newport News · City Council / Codes Compliance / Human ServicesDocument date: April 11, 2023

Final minutes and attached presentation describe inspections, court proceedings, repairs and resident assistance, including $144,927.17 in City support expenditure. This is separate from utility debt and does not establish an unpaid reimbursement balance.

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Official final 21-page PDF. Discussion on physical pages 5–10; attached slides on pages 17–21; exact cost on pages 9 and 20. May 9 adopted regular minutes, section F1, confirm adoption. Source descriptions differ internally on the March inspection date and from assessor descriptions of the 2020 acquisition; original underlying records remain needed.

File: nn-seaview-work-minutes-2023-04-11.pdf

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Seaview new-ownership discussion: adopted June 9, 2026 minutes

City of Newport News · City CouncilDocument date: June 9, 2026

Mayor Jones referenced a City Attorney letter about Seaview and plans to meet new ownership. The minutes do not identify a utility settlement, payment or the letter’s contents.

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Source notes

Official adopted work-session minutes, section II. The appended certificate contains a 2029 year typo; meeting header and discussion identify June 9, 2026. Letter not obtained. Previously retained source, rechecked October 16, 2026.

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Seaview Apartments LLC: filed Chapter 11 petition, December 15, 2025

Federal agencies · U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New JerseyDocument date: December 15, 2025

Seven-page ECF-stamped petition identifies Seaview Apartments LLC and principal asset at 2 28th Street, also described as 90 28th Street. Chapter 11 and Single Asset Real Estate are selected. Financial ranges and expected unsecured distributions are debtor estimates, not court findings.

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Source notes & file details

Case 25-23251, ECF 1, filed December 15, 2025; entered that day at 16:03:33. Seven physical pages preserved. The publication copy is redacted to remove nonessential identifiers, contact details and signature fields while retaining filing stamps, dates, printed names, substantive estimates and the relevant property address. The source is a PacerMonitor-hosted copy of an ECF-stamped filing, not a court-certified download. December 12 is the attached corporate consent date, not the filing date.

File: seaview_petition_ecf1_2025-12-15_redacted_public_copy.pdf