Court Date Thursday in City CVS Project

LOCK HAVEN—Oral arguments are scheduled for Clinton County Court Thursday afternoon in the case of a Camp Hill developer claiming a Lock Haven man and his consultant have failed to abide by a signed sales agreement for a Bellefonte Avenue property.

J.C. Bar Development filed the civil action in December against property owner Robert J. Rosemeier and consultant Stephen Poorman.

The two are charged with breach of contract; additionally Poorman is charged with “intentional interference with contract.”

Judge Michael Salisbury is scheduled to hear arguments in the case Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

Court documents filed by site developer Bar’s Harrisburg law firm claim the developer had a signed agreement dated November of 2013 for the sale of the old Drive Plus property at Bellefonte Avenue and Commerce Street, the sale price $900,000.

The suit says Poorman subsequently raised the sale price to $1.1 million and after Bar rejected the new figure, a “for sale” sign with Poorman’s phone number was posted at the site.

Suit allegations against Poorman say the local musician/entrepreneur encouraged Rosemeier to “repudiate” the contract with Bar.

The filing from the Harrisburg firm of McNees, Wallace and Nurick seeks a civil trial and asks the court to award damages “expected to exceed $50,000.”

The court documents also said Poorman, by letter dated Dec. 19 of last year, said he would purchase the property from Rosemeier.

The Bar firm has been pursuing development of the site for better than two years, a CVS drugstore planned for there.