Almost $1.5 million was added to existing fines owed by the companies that operate the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Frazer Monday morning.
District Judge Michael Girardi handed the fines down to Pitt Galleria Realty, Pitt Realty, Pitt Galleria CH and Pitt Galleria Nassim — also known as Namdar Realty Group — during a hearing that covered 28 continued citations stemming from the condition of the Mills mall’s sidewalks, walkways, stairs, the driveway that loops around the mall and parking spaces.
The hearing was initially supposed to cover 32 citations previously handed out by Bill Payne, Frazer’s building inspector. He said the township decided to withdraw four citations regarding a parking section in front of the JC Penny and MAC Bids in the mall after Namdar patched potholes in the area.
Payne said the initial notice of the code violations were sent to Namdar in March 2025. Official citations were handed out in August and upheld in appeals court in November, Payne said. The citations were continued after the township did not see any improvements, he said.
Payne presented photos of the seven parking sections and driveway surrounding the mall. The photos featured potholes, deteriorating asphalt, cracked pavement, unprotected and damaged utility caps, sinking catch basins and exposed rebar in various spots of the mall’s property.
“It looks like the moon it has so many craters on it,” Payne said about a parking section.
Payne said the township agreed to wait until the weather warmed up to readdress the violations with Namdar. He said he sent a letter to the LLCs in March letting them know work that still needed to be done.
According to James Berent, an attorney representing the LLCs, township officials have weekly calls with the property owners about what fixes are higher priorities and what should be addressed first.
“It’s not like the property owners are ignoring the township,” Berent said.
Attorney Francesca Iovino, representing the township, said an example of higher priority fixes include conditions that hinder first responders, such as road conditions that would make it difficult for fire trucks or ambulances to reach the mall.
Girardi found the LLCs guilty on all 28 citations.
“I can’t help but notice these sections are not in proper state of repair and there are hazardous conditions,” Girardi said.
Payne requested the minimum fine amount, $52,500, be attributed to each citation, “in a show of cooperation.” The maximum fine for a continued citation would be around $175,000 for each one.
Existing fines
The continuances are a separate matter from the fines attached to the more than 300 code violations at the mall still being debated in court.
In November, the Mills property owners appealed $11.2 million in fines handed down in August 2025 by District Judge Michael Girardi.
At that time, the owners were found guilty of 364 code violations for lack of attention to mall maintenance, including cratered roads, overgrown weeds and building violations cited by Payne.
The appeal hearing ended with Allegheny County Judge Thomas Flaherty handing down more than $17.6 million worth of fines.
Alexandra Farone, an attorney representing Frazer in the matter, previously told TribLive that company officials appealed Judge Flaherty’s decision to Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court.
Namdar has been shopping the Mills property to prospective buyers for the past eight months.
An email received by some local real estate agents in June from Namdar Realty Group’s chief operating officer, Dan Dilmanian, said Namdar is “quietly exploring an off-market sale.”