Homeowners at Harbor Walk condominums are facing a number of problems with their newly built condos, and have filed suit against the developer, according to the Virginian Pilot.

Harbor Walk grew out of Norfolk's push to redevelop East Ocean View into an upscale waterfront community. The site is a former mobile-home park and long a target of the city's redevelopment efforts.

Sadly for these homeowners receiving the truth about the construction of their homes and a resolution to make them safe likely won't happen until after going to court.

"One week after three homeowners at Harbor Walk condominiums filed suit over the use of Chinese-made drywall, the Ocean View community's developer wrote a letter to City Councilman W. Randy Wright with a simple message: It was abandoning the project.

'The Henin Group... will no longer be your point of contact for any matters relating to Harbor Walk Development LLC,' Jerome Henin wrote on May 8.

Henin's company had taken over the development a year and a half earlier.

In April, several homeowners discovered that their condos were built with Chinese-made drywall that is said to emit a corrosive gas that damages household electrical systems and may cause respiratory problems. They joined a long list of residents already dealing with damage done to their units by water intrusion that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix.

Since the suit was filed in May, seemingly everyone involved in Harbor Walk Development LLC has sent letters denying responsibility for the problems and pointing fingers elsewhere."

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