MONTEBELLO, Calif. — The former owner of Ostrom Chevrolet, Ara Sevacherian, is receiving an unexpected windfall of about $1.6 million, including interest and payable over three years, after unsuccessfully suing the city of Montebello twice over a last-minute land deal, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.

In 2009, the city's former redevelopment agency purchased a lot owned by Ostrom Chevrolet for $12 million to help business stay open. A year later, Sevacherian sued the agency for breach of contract after it failed to come through on an agreement to purchase a number of his properties related to the auto business for $3.2 million. Months later, he filed a second lawsuit in an effort to stop the city from using $17 million in redevelopment funds for operating expenses.

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