Rehoboth's $21 million City Hall built on land without a deed

The city of Rehoboth Beach does not have a deed for all the property under which its new $21 million City Hall sits – which could crimp financing of the project.

Construction crews are now completing the 3-acre complex a half a mile off the ocean along Rehoboth Avenue. About 40 employees already occupy the 40,000-square-foot center.

But the federal government is withholding the final $2.2 million payment of an $18 million construction loan until the city can prove unequivocally that it, alone, owns the land.

The city has petitioned Delaware's Chancery Court to grant it a clean title. And the court has asked anyone who might dispute the city's claim to the land to make their case at a hearing scheduled for Friday in Georgetown.

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