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A deadline has come and gone for remaining residents to move out so the new owner can begin extensive renovations.

The prospective owner, Clear Investment Group, wants the buildings empty for renovations.

The ruling also places Vincent Apartments in receivership for three months. The City of Syracuse brought the lawsuit in an effort to improve living conditions for tenants at the neglected properties.

A Chicago-based investment firm has expressed interest and signed a contract to buy Skyline Apartments and other complexes owned by Green National, according to a state Supreme Court judge.

Green National would still own the properties, but wouldn't collect rent. Walsh also wants the court to make the company pay $1 million to cover repairs it's neglected to make.

The city made an expedited request on May 10. The judge had issued a temporary order based on a stipulation between the city and the owner Green National.

The city’s show cause action follows the state attorney general’s announcement last week that it’s retaining a $250,000 payment made by green national because the company failed to address security and some code violations by the AG’s deadline.

They include the troubled Skyline Apartment complex after the company failed to fully address code violations as required under their 60-day agreement.

Attorney General Letitia James is using the power of her office to hold the owner of the troubled Skyline apartment complex and other properties accountable for uninhabitable conditions. In a visit to Syracuse, James says Green National has agreed to address the problems in 60 days or pay a $300,000 fine.

The City of Syracuse is once again declaring common areas of the Skyline apartment building unfit for human occupancy after mayor Ben Walsh paid a visit Thursday.