Springfield Gardens banned from owning, managing property in Massachusetts
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield Gardens, an embattled city landlord, is banned from owning and managing rental properties in Massachusetts, a Suffolk County judge has ordered.
Earlier this month, the state Attorney General's Office and the landlord agreed to a consent settlement that said the property managers owe Massachusetts $2.5 million and must forgive $7.5 million in alleged unpaid rent for affected residents, a statement from the AG's office said.
The settlement will "resolve allegations that the former landlord pervasively and systematically violated various state consumer protection and landlord-tenant laws, leading to unsafe, uninhabitable, and unlawful living conditions that impacted over one thousand tenants," the statement said.
Before Springfield Gardens sold its remaining Springfield property last year, it was once a top taxpayer in the city. At its height, it controlled 62 residential buildings in Springfield.
Springfield Gardens is a limited partnership owned by Schweb Partners, whose principal managers are New Jersey real estate property managers Jacques Schmidt and Abraham Weber.
Between 2020 and 2024, Springfield Gardens snapped up over 60 apartment buildings in Springfield — predominantly in the Forest Park and Metro Center neighborhoods — renting to over 1,000 tenants.
The Suffolk County judge ordered that Schmidt and Weber will not be allowed to appeal based on the final judgment.
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