On Tuesday, a lawsuit filed by Long Beach Harbor Resort against the city accuses Mayor Tim Pierce and others of breach of contract related to a proposed casino development.
The suit was filed in Chancery Court by developer Jim Parrish, who owns Parrish’s Restaurant in the Long Beach Harbor. The fight centers on Parrish’s 2010 lease for the restaurant and a 2024 lease that would have covered a casino project.
On February 11, 2010, Parrish signed a lease with Long Beach referred to in court documents as the “Old Lease.” The lawsuit states that this lease provided both an initial term of 25 years and a secondary term for another 25 years; this lease also granted Parrish the option to lease the land in both the primary and secondary terms for five-year periods within each term.
