CLEVELAND, Ohio — Millions in public incentives tied to a historic downtown Cleveland building’s redevelopment are now in limbo as The Centennial Building faces foreclosure.

A new lawsuit accuses embattled developer Millennia Companies of defaulting on a $35.4 million loan from Deutsche Bank. But to transform the vacant office building at East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue into more than 800 apartments — a $450 million project — Millennia took on several types of public financing.

That includes a $5 million loan from Cuyahoga County, a $15 million HUD loan backed by tax-increment financing that Cleveland approved, a $40 million Ohio tax credit for mixed-use development and a $10 million state grant meant for remediation.

If the building is foreclosed, the government agencies that

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