Shelbourne Global Solutions, Hartford’s largest downtown landlord, is appealing in state court the city’s tax assessments on most of its center-city holdings, including the Stilts Building on Church Street, which has fallen into foreclosure.
Shelbourne has filed at least 14 lawsuits in Superior Court, asking a judge for relief from what it calls “grossly excessive, disproportionate and unlawful” tax assessments that have inflated the values of nearly two dozen properties — including major Class A office buildings — and led to higher property tax bills.