As previously reported in GlobeSt.com on July 23rd, E&H, owned by local Eugene Horbach, filed a $100-million suit against DPR Construction Inc., the project's general contractor. Work on the tower at 333 108th Ave. NE came to an abrupt halt this May when E&H failed to make a scheduled $2.47-million payment to DPR. The contractor has since filed liens against the project totaling $8,845,047.

E&H's rests its claims for damages on the allegations that DPR's lien was grossly inflated, was in retribution for Horbach's request for an audit of the project and significantly hurt the project's chance of gaining financing.

DPR's Answer filed in King County Superior Court on July 27th not only rebutted E&H's complaints but pulled a number of the project's subcontractors into the legal maneuvering via Third-Party Complaint. Those third-party defendants are TTBL, LLC, Cochran Inc., J.R. Hayes & Sons Inc., Donald B. Murphy Contractors Inc., Hope Cement Finishing Inc, and Harris Rebar Seattle Inc., all of which are local companies. GlobeSt.com was unable to reach on deadline any of the parties now involved.