Turner Construction Co. and the architect for the first KidZania children’s amusement center in the U.S., which opened in Frisco, Texas, in November, claim in liens filed early this year that the company owes them more than $8 million. Much of the amount claimed by Turner is reflected in liens for hundreds of thousands of dollars filed by several subs.
Spike Cutler, a Dallas-based attorney who represents many subcontractors, says that there has been a crest in lien notices and claims in the weeks since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Many companies, responding to the emergency, simply stopped payments, he said.