East Valley Institute of Technology land lease dispute heats up

MESA, AZ — What started out as an internal review of a 13-year-old land lease at East Valley Institute of Technology has turned into a legal battle involving a Canadian developer, which in turn has filed its own notice of claim related to the disagreement.

EVIT filed a lawsuit last month in Maricopa County Superior Court asking a judge to invalidate what EVIT administration alleges is an “illegal” lease on its Mesa campus.

In response, one of the key parties in EVIT’s lawsuit filed a Notice of Claim — obtained by the Business Journal — which allows EVIT to consider the claim and decide whether to accept a settlement demand.

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