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Attorney Martin\u00a0Phipps, owner of the rooftop bar Paramour, last week agreed to surrender the space to resolve eviction cases brought by landlord CDC Enterprises LP.<\/p>\n
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Attorney Martin\u00a0Phipps built the building at 102 Ninth St. on the River Walk. Last week, his rooftop bar and law firm agreed to surrender their spaces to end an eviction cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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On Sept. 18, a representative for CDC Enterprises LP, the owner of the building at 102 Ninth St., had\u00a0posted notices that Holy Spirts LLC, which operates the Paramour cocktail bar, and Martin Phipps\u2019 law firm were delinquent on rent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A sign outside the building at 102 Ninth St. markets the building, now renamed the Paradigm, for lease.<\/p>\n
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San Antonio attorney Martin Phipps\u2019 <\/a>rooftop cocktail bar Paramour<\/a> and his law firm have agreed to surrender their spaces in a River Walk office building, after a long-running dispute that has included multiple lockouts.<\/p>\n The agreements require both to give up possession immediately, though they can return on weekdays through Oct. 30 to remove their belongings.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Phipps and\u00a0Glenn Deadman, attorney for landlord CDC Enterprises LP,\u00a0signed both agreements Friday, the same day the eviction cases were set for trial before Justice of the Peace Anna Campos<\/a>, who also signed the agreements.<\/p>\n They came three weeks after\u00a0CDC locked out<\/a> Paramour and the\u00a0Phipps Ortiz Talafuse law firm from the building at\u00a0102 Ninth St.<\/a> for the third time since June 2024. Notices posted on the doors Sept. 18 said both tenants were delinquent on rent and that the locks had been changed.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Paramour rooftop bar owners locked out of San Antonio building again<\/a><\/p>\n Lockouts culminate in eviction agreements<\/p>\n In March, a justice of the peace ruled CDC had acted unlawfully<\/a> when it locked out the bar and law firm that month because it had not given them the required 14 days\u2019 notice. The judge said\u00a0CDC could still pursue eviction through other legal means. CDC filed new eviction cases in July, alleging unpaid rent; the cases were set for trial Oct. 9, the day the agreements were signed.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n San Antonio Express News Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n They resolve those eviction cases, the latest legal actions in a years-long fight between Phipps and CDC principal Daren Connel<\/a>. The two were childhood friends who attended school together in Breckenridge in West Texas.<\/p>\n Deadman declined to comment on the agreements. Phipps\u2019\u00a0wife, Julisa, an owner of Paramour, declined to comment.<\/p>\n Phipps rose to prominence after representing Bexar County in a 2018 lawsuit against opioid manufacturers that resulted in a $14.5 million settlement.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Phipps has faced other legal troubles. In August, he was arrested<\/a> on a charge of making a terroristic threat against a family member. He has denied the allegation. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Oct. 21.<\/p>\n Dispute stems from sale of River Walk building<\/p>\n Phipps built the 30,000-square-foot building that has been home to Paramour and his firm\u00a0in 2014. After he faced possible foreclosure, he sold it in 2022 to CDC for $11 million. Phipps said $2.75 million of the purchase price was supposed to be a prepaid rent credit for his law firm and Paramour. CDC disputed that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n