The former owners of a block of dilapidated buildings in the Seven Corners area of Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood are asking a judge to void a foreclosure sale held last summer, arguing they did not receive proper notification of the proceedings.
The properties, located at the 1400 block of Washington Avenue S., were most recently home to several apartments and businesses, including Bullwinkle’s Saloon & Funbar, the Jewel of India restaurant and vintage store Urban Jungle. The city condemned the buildings in the summer of 2023, citing maintenance issues and unpaid utility fees.
The owner at the time, a family-run enterprise dubbed R&P Industries, lost the site in July to lender First Western Bank & Trust, which purchased the properties at a foreclosure sale using the $4.8 million R&P owed it.
Now R&P and its affiliated entities are suing the bank, alleging it did not follow state requirements for notifying the property owners and their tenants of the foreclosure.
Located off Interstate 35W near the University of Minnesota’s West Bank campus, the Seven Corners area has been the target of several unrealized redevelopment efforts. The site includes three surface parking lots and the Love Power mural of Jesus that has loomed over the highway for decades.

The current owners, brothers Raj and Jai Singh, acquired the property “in hopes of rebuilding a thriving business base at the Seven Corners after the COVID pandemic while maintaining its cultural diversity and landmark mural,” according to the complaint filed this month. Their father, Surinder Singh, has decades-long ties to the site and serves as manager of the property.
Attorneys for both parties did not respond to requests for comment.
The complaint alleges the bank improperly classified the properties as vacant when they still housed furniture, supplies and records, and the parking lots were still operating. It also argues the bank failed to serve the suit at registered offsite addresses for R&P, the property manager and tenants.