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Urban Parc litigation — 1006 20th St S tenant matter

Status (as of last data point, 2025-10-16): active. Defending counsel is David C. Skinner LLC (Birmingham); junior on the case is Christian at Skinner Legal ([email protected]).

Active subject in mail traffic: "2025_10_16 1539 - Austin Renfroe - Urban Parc - Bell" — "Bell" is likely the principal of Urban Parc or the case caption.

Background (paraphrased from RFH-tenant + Gmail mining)

Urban Parc was a tenant business that operated inside the 1006 20th St S commercial building. They paid rent to 1006 20th St S LLC (the now- defunct entity that owned the building before Five Points BHM foreclosed).

The tenant relationship deteriorated in 2023:

  • Aug 2023: heavy email traffic on "Urban Parc Rent Payment and Debt Service" — Roger Spain at Warren Averett, Hunter Renfroe + AJ Mercer + Kayla Mitchell at Orchestra Partners coordinating. Likely missed rent payments.
  • Mar 20, 2024: Lyndsy Yim at SRS Real Estate Partners (Lyndsy.Yim@ srsre.com) was sent an "FW: Urban Parc" email — possibly an evaluation / re-letting brief.
  • Sep 10, 2024: Laurence Reeves forwarded "Urban Parc - 1006 20th Street S." to Lyndsy Yim — implies SRS was being engaged for the space.
  • Sep 17, 2024: Lyndsy Yim "Urban Parc - Introduction" — confirms SRS engagement.
  • Nov 4, 2024: John Boone at Orchestra Partners forwarded "Urban Parc lawsuit re: 1006 20th St" — confirms a lawsuit was filed against Urban Parc.
  • Oct 16, 2025: Christian at Skinner Legal sent Laurence a status update titled "2025_10_16 1539 - Austin Renfroe - Urban Parc - Bell" — case is still active.

Open questions for this matter

These need to be answered before proper accounting / tax treatment:

  • What is the claim? Probably unpaid rent + lease default damages. Need the actual complaint to confirm.
  • What is the demand? Need the dollar figure being sought.
  • Where is the claim seated? Filed by 1006 20th St S LLC (the now- defunct entity)? By Austin personally? By Five Points BHM LLC after foreclosure? This matters because:
  • 1006 LLC is the legal landlord pre-Dec-2024
  • After Dec 23, 2024 foreclosure, Five Points owns the building (but the rent receivable for pre-foreclosure periods stays with 1006 LLC)
  • 1006 LLC is intentionally kept open as a shell to preserve the SBA creditor relationship — so it's still capable of being a plaintiff
  • Settlement / judgment status? Pull from Skinner Legal.
  • Outstanding receivable on books? This needs to be reconciled by Pearce Bevill in the 1006 LLC restated books (the same exercise Daisy Buck completed Oct 2025 for the 2023 balance sheet).
  • Pearce/Skinner billing path? Skinner is paid from Five Points (per the existing $3,300 Five Points outflow to David C. Skinner LLC in vendor-mappings); some of that may be Urban-Parc-specific work.

Counsel and counterparties

  • Plaintiff side (Renfroe): 1006 20th St S LLC and/or Austin personally. Lead counsel David C. Skinner LLC.
  • Defendant side (Urban Parc): TBD from filings.
  • Real-estate broker (re-letting): Lyndsy Yim at SRS Real Estate Partners (engaged Sep 2024).

Cross-references

  • accounting/five-points-1006-sba-narrative.md §15 — full chronology
  • accounting/vendor-mappings.md "David C. Skinner LLC" entry — some of the $3,300 paid is likely Urban-Parc-specific
  • context/entities.md "1006 20th St S LLC (defunct)" — entity intentionally kept open partly because it's the proper plaintiff

Action items

  • Pull the complaint from Skinner Legal — get a copy filed to this repo.
  • Get a status update from Christian @ Skinner — anything moved since Oct 16, 2025?
  • Reconcile against 1006 LLC restated 2023 balance sheet — outstanding rent receivable from Urban Parc should be on it
  • Tag Skinner billing going forward to separate Urban-Parc work from general Birmingham counsel work