CLEVELAND, Ohio — Embattled Millennia Companies has defaulted on a $35.4 million loan for The Centennial Building, a downtown Cleveland landmark, according to a new lawsuit.

It’s the second time in recent months that Millennia has been accused of defaulting on a loan for a downtown building, which already faces foreclosure on its Statler apartment building

Lender Deutsche Bank wants a federal judge to take control of The Centennial away from Millennia and to appoint a receiver to manage the property because it still owes $33.4 million on its loan.

Millennia is fighting foreclosure and argued in court filings that appointing a receiver is a drastic and unnecessary step. An attorney for Millennia declined to comment on the case.

The Centennial opened in 1924 as the second-largest offic

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