A judge has ordered that Vail developer Peter Knobel cannot move ahead with plans to buy a condo building there after residents accused him of hatching a complex and illegal scheme.

On Friday, Judge Paul Dunkelman in Eagle issued a temporary restraining order through Oct. 30 while Knobel and his company attend mediation talks with the condo owners.

Knobel, a co-founder of Native Roots Cannabis Co. and a controversial figure in Vail with a history of legal battles, was sued Aug. 26 by five longtime and elderly residents of the Vail Inn Condominiums, which share 250 S. Frontage Road with the Evergreen Lodge hotel.

Those five say Knobel’s development firm, Solaris Group, has been planning since at least 2022 to demolish the building and replace it with a new condo complex, noting that Sola

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