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City officials in Hartford are planning to sell a prominent downtown apartment building at auction to recover back taxes, along with 43 others, on June 26 at Dunkin Donuts Park.

The Millennium Building at 50 Morgan St. is owned by an LLC controlled by Waterbury-based Axela Group and New York City-based Shelbourne Global Solutions, one of the biggest investors in Hartford’s downtown.

A city notice says Shelbourne owes $898,758.68 in back taxes and fees as of March 31, suggesting several years’ worth of unpaid taxes. City property records peg the building’s value at $8.32 million. It was last sold in June 2021 for $22.12 million.

Originally built as a hotel in 1972, the building was converted to 214 luxury apartments in stages over recent years, a conversion process that was not without problems. Some of the first tenants, declared their intent to form a union in 2021 after claiming problems with the workmanship, nonfunctional amenities and crumbling concrete in the underground parking garage. When Shelbourne and Alexa bought the property out of foreclosure in 2021, and sought to continue the apartment conversions, they found themselves hit by a huge surge in construction costs, forcing them into negotiations with their lender, according to a Hartford Courant report.

The property carries a $26.72 million mortgage from Corevest American Financial, according to real estate records compiled by The Warren Group, publisher of The Commercial Record.

City officials have said they are negotiating with Shelbourne and Alexa over the unpaid property taxes.