Fight continues at Lakeside Pointe after judge denies AG's request for immediate receiver
A Marion County judge declined to appoint a receiver over two Indianapolis apartment complexes accused of egregious disrepair, leaving residents to wait as the underlying lawsuit proceeds.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's office sued the owners and property manager of Lakeside Pointe at Nora and Fox Club, two Indianapolis apartment complexes, accusing them of allowing conditions that "endanger the health and welfare of thousands of residents," according to Fox59 and WRTV. The lawsuit named Aloft Mgt, LLC, the property manager, and Fox Lake AHF, Inc., the nonprofit that owns both complexes.
Rokita's office asked a judge to appoint a receiver to take control of the property management companies' finances so repairs could proceed. Marion Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Dietrick denied that request in a preliminary order, according to Fox59's reporting, meaning the properties remained under their existing management while the broader case continued.
The complaint documented mold, broken windows, water damage, fires, HVAC failures, plumbing and sewage problems, missing window screens and abandoned, unsecured units, per WRTV. Fox Lake had received more than 600 violation notices from the Marion County Public Health Department and had lost its charitable property-tax exemption from the county.
What the lawsuit alleges
According to WRTV's reporting, the suit alleges Fox Lake AHF was roughly $1 million behind on utility bills and that Aloft engaged in real estate transactions without the licensure required for a property manager of that scale. WRTV's coverage of the complexes dates back to 2019, and the health department's documented violations stretch back to 2017.
The officials' framing
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said the legal action would "help protect residents while offering hope for improved management," according to WRTV. State Senator Fady Qaddoura framed the case as being brought on behalf of "more than 400 families" living in the two complexes.
What remains unresolved
The denial of the receiver request does not resolve the underlying lawsuit, which continued after the ruling. The retrieved coverage does not specify a timeline for further hearings or describe what interim steps, if any, Aloft or Fox Lake AHF agreed to take at residents' properties while the case proceeded.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by Fox59 and WRTV. It restores a story originally published on this site in 2023; figures are as reported at the time.