Mayfield Officials Pleased with Sale of Marsol

Though fights, thefts and other crimes at Marsol Towers continue to fill the Mayfield Heights Police log, city officials are hopeful for a safer future.

Residents of the six-building apartment campus on Marsol Road recently received letters discussing a change in ownership. Willoughby-based K&D Group has sold the property to Morgan Properties, a firm in Rochester, N.Y. that manages and operates apartments in 10 states.

"This company will be doing some house cleaning with regard to the suites and any problem tenants that they have in the complex," Mayfield Heights Councilwoman Gayle Teresi said. "I was very excited to hear that."

The company's website now offers visitors the opportunity to explore and apply for leases at Marsol. Representatives from Morgan did not return a call inquiring about the transaction.

According to the Cuyahoga County Auditor, the property was transferred on May 2 to Morgan Marsol Apartments LLC. The 379,886-square-foot lot was appraised at more than $1.4 million in 2012.

Several incidents have been reported at the complex over the last few years. Last summer, a man told police he was robbed at gunpoint there. A couple months prior, a resident reported seeing a couple of men checking car door handles to see if they were unlocked at 1:40 a.m. In 2011, a security guard said he was stabbed in the parking lot after approaching a suspicious-looking car with people in it.

"Our police department has spent quite a bit of time there," Teresi said. "I think they just need to clean it up. (Reported crime) happens when you have ownership that's not on site or don't have the right people in place.

"I think (new ownership) will be good for the city."