Staff Report
SOUTH BEND — A South Bend developer who walked away from a high-profile economic development project in Warsaw several years ago is facing more problems.
Earlier this year, Dave Matthews filed for bankruptcy involving one of his South Bend housing projects.
On Tuesday, WNDU reported Matthews may soon be forced to demolish one of his unfinished properties in South Bend.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the city of South Bend’s 2024 demolition order for an unfinished concrete and steel frame near LaSalle Avenue.
Matthews was the developer of Warsaw’s Buffalo Street redevelopment project, which was slated to begin in 2017.
Several condominiums in the project were constructed, but much of the work was never finished, and Matthews eventually walked away without notifying the city.
The city’s code enforcement officials eventually had to force him to remove construction materials he had left behind.
The city is still trying to determine how to use a large space near Center Lake, where the old parks office had been located, that was supposed to be part of a multi-use development led by Matthews.
