Without Walls, formerly the Carpenters Home in North Lakeland, is a sanctuary tied up in a foreclosure lawsuit. The church stopped having services in 2011.

LAKELAND | Without Walls International Church, the owner of a North Lakeland sanctuary tied up in a foreclosure suit, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The Tampa-based church filed a notice one week ago in its ongoing defense against foreclosure by the California credit union that holds the mortgage on its properties in Lakeland and Tampa. The notice said Without Walls filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in Tampa.

Evangelical Christian Credit Union described the move in court documents as a "litigation tactic" intended to stall the case. The credit union, which says Without Walls owes it $13.9million on the Lakeland property, began foreclosure proceedings in Bartow's 10th Judicial Circuit in October 2012.

Without Walls Central, originally known as Carpenter's Home Church, is the largest sanctuary in Polk County with a seating capacity of about 9,500. The church has been dormant since August 2011.

Without Walls International pastor Randy White referred The Ledger to the law firm representing the church. A message left Friday with the law firm was not returned.

Without Walls' bankruptcy filing names nearly 100 creditors.

The list includes two Polk County companies Construction Management Associates of Winter Haven and Aerial Rigging Inc. of Lakeland along with Lakeland Electric and the city of Lakeland's code enforcement department.

Construction Management Associates asserts it is owed nearly $163,000 by Without Walls . Records show Without Walls owes Lakeland Electric more than $45,000. The church also has accrued more than $5,000 in fines from Lakeland's code enforcement office for violations.

In an emergency motion filed March 10, Evangelical Christian Credit Union argued that the bankruptcy filing should not halt the foreclosure proceedings. Lawyers for Without Walls filed a response Tuesday asking the court to deny that request for a stay of relief.

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The six-story, largely wood-frame Mission Bay apartment building that was under construction when it went up in flames wouldn't have been permitted in California just a few years ago.

Until 2008, buildings six stories or higher were required to have "noncombustible" exterior walls - typically, concrete and steel studs - from top to bottom.

But after a long battle in Sacramento, and with the blessing of then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California Building Industry Association, the state's building codes were rewritten to bring them in line with international codes.

The move overturned codes adopted by Schwarzenegger's predecessor, former Gov. Gray Davis - and backed by labor, environmentalists and others - that imposed stringent regulations drafted by the National Fire Protection Association.

The 2008 change allowed the expanded use of wood-frame construction, making some projects cheaper to construct, according to San Francisco building officials.

The Fire Department is still trying to determine exactly how the block-long, $227 million complex at Fourth and China Basin streets went up in flames Tuesday, though welding work is suspected.

"The building was probably at its most vulnerable point in its lifetime, because the sprinklers had not been installed and the sheetrock was not in place," said chief building Inspector Patrick O'Riordan.

"We have to be thankful that nobody died in this event," O'Riordan said. "It had maximum fuel load, with all that wood in there."

Fire Marshal Michie Wong said the new codes have also done away with the requirement for fire-resistant safety walls in the hallways as long as the buildings have sprinklers.

They also allow for support beams that are lighter, cheaper and quicker to install - but enough of a potential hazard that, in the case of the Mission Bay property, the Fire Department ordered the posting of warning signs for their crews "because the floors and roofs tend to fail during a fire."

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The New Brunswick Planning Board heard a proposal Tuesday night that could drastically change the character of Mine Street.

The Construction Management Associates, LLC. asked the board for permission to build a four-story apartment building on the uninhabited lot and house at 17 Mine St.

Thomas Kelso, who represented the company for the hearing, said the plan was consistent with the redevelopment of the College Avenue campus and was intended to provide housing for Rutgers and New Brunswick Theological Seminary students.

It provides much-needed safe, state-of-the-art housing, he said.

But many residents objected to the project, leading the board to delay their decision until their next meeting on April 8.

The building would include 57 apartments with 70 bedrooms intended to prevent large gatherings that could cause trouble for the neighborhood, said Stephen Schoch, architect for the project.

According to nj.com, the site would cost around $10 million.

The city approved the initial project in December, Kelso said.

The company requested variances that would allow them to build an underground parking garage with only 43 spaces, far less than the required 106 spaces, Schoch said.

They also asked to raise the height of the fence around a proposed electrical transformer to 6 feet to improve the view.

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Indiana Flower and Patio Show

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