Troubled motels targeted by board

Property labeled for foreclosure

Osceola County’s Code Enforcement Board has authorized the county to foreclose on two extended-stay motels in Kissimmee’s S.R. 192 tourism corridor but the county might have to get in line for the property, according to a report in GrowthSpotter.

The motels at 4880 and 4900 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway have ongoing code violations since summer 2019 for junk and debris, unlicensed vehicles, unsafe conditions ranging from holes in the walls to exposed wiring. Last winter, Kissimmee Utility Authority and Toho Water Authority shut off power and water service to the motels when owner Mary Nguyen fell two months behind in paying the utility bills.

At the time, dozens of lowincome families, including young children and people with disabilities, were living in the motel with no electricity.

The Cayman Islands-based lender that holds the first mortgage on the Star Motel and Lake Cecile Inn & Suites has filed a foreclosure suit against the owner for defaulting on the $2 million loan.

In October 2019, Lake Cecile Resorts Inc. had modified the $2 million mortgage with Best Meridian International Insurance Company to extend the maturity date to September 2020. But she defaulted on the loan by failing to pay property taxes for three years and not making loan or interest payments after September 2019, according to court records.

In January, the Osceola County Sheriffs Office arrested eight people still living at the