The owner of an office building along the 16th Street Mall being eyed for a conversion to apartments with the help of Downtown Development Authority dollars is suing its lender.

Massandra Harbor George Owner LLC, which owns the Symes building at 820 16th St. in Denver, sometimes also referred to as The George, filed a lawsuit earlier this month against an affiliate of Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital.

Thorofare lent the ownership entity, which is affiliated with California-based Harbor Associates, $18.6 million in April 2022.

Three men — Derek Chen, Jerome Fink and David Kim, founders of private equity firm The Bascom Group — were guarantors on the loan. But according to Massandra Harbor, their agreement with Thorofare didn’t extend to the loan’s principal balance. Instead, the men a

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