COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - A Park Street fixture and longtime Arena District hangout is under foreclosure, according to Franklin County court records. The lawsuit, filed by the former owner who is still owed by current owner Fadi Michael, alleges more than $500,000 is still owed on the property which was sold in 2019. Currently, the bar is not operating under the name Callahan's and has been hosting events and patrons under the name 520 Park St. Former manager Matthew Ferritto said the bar started to go downhill when employees stopped getting paid earlier this year. Owners of Columbus bar that closed without warning sued by former employee "We just want our money and just want to move on," he said. Ferritto said he's worked for Michael for over a decade at different establishments as a bartender and manager. Ferritto claims there are around a dozen people and even more businesses that are owed money from Callahan's and Michael. "I would say DJ, security, bartenders, probably 13 to 15 people; total between me and all the staff is like $28,000," Ferritto said. "I'm owed almost $13,000 of that. He's just taking our money to pay for those investments that are failing, not making any money. You know, he went from five bars down to four bars on the three bars, on the two, on the one." Michael is the owner of the now-closed bars Granero Lounge, Formaggio's, Julep, and Park Street Cantina. Franklin County records show Michael has been sued more than half a dozen times for unpaid rent, damages, and other issues with those establishments. "St. Patrick's Day was the last time we received, like, a lump sum," former Callahan's bartender Ariana Winbush said. "Callahan's is mainly a credit card bar, so occasionally we would get cash tips. And if they were cash tips, you know, we need to get a couple dollars here and there every night. But we really didn't get paid at all because the credit card tips were going to Fadi's account and then staying there." Winbush is one of the former employees who said she has not been paid thousands for work she has done. The first sign something was off for her was when a payroll check bounced. "We stopped getting those back in, like January," Winbush said. "When we would get them, they would bounce. It was kind of like a game of roulette. Some people would bounce and other peoples would go through, and then eventually they all started bouncing." Winbush has since filed a complaint with the State of Ohio Department of Commerce and their Bureau of Wage and Hour Administration. She hopes the state can recoup some of the lost wages she claims were taken from credit card tips. "If we were to go in and take money from Fadi, we'd be in trouble immediately and so, the fact that he was able to take money from us and there were no repercussions, you know, that, that's not how that should work. I just want everybody to get their money," she said. Ferritto and Winbush and security personnel Tom Stevens all kept going back to work for a period of time. "It was kind of like a family to me and these are people who have been, we've all been through it together, and so, you know, you go back because it's a, a Friday night, like, these are the people you want to hang out with, and so it was, it was more so like a team thing," Winbush said. Stevens said when he first started working at Callahan's in 2021, there were at least four or five people working security every night. He claims that dwindled to just him because the others weren't getting paid. "It was unsafe every time," Stevens said. "That's why I stayed so long. Because I was always there to help the girls just in case." He, too, saw signs of dysfunction. "It just became a nonstop thing where these guys couldn't pay any of their bills and it just progressively got worse," Stevens said. "Magically, one night that dumpster was gone and the owners, much like always, just come up with excuse after excuse." "If you walk over by Callahan right now, the whole in-between area is stacked from floor to my head with all the trash, rats, food, everything," he added. He was right. Between the rooftop entrance and the main building was a pile of black trash bags, some of them spilling open with food containers, drink containers, and trash all sitting on the ground. "It's a shame that they just let it all go because they don't care," Stevens said. None of these three former employees work for Michael anymore. Ferritto and Stevens said the lack of funds became an even bigger issue when checks written to vendors and contractors would bounce. It wasn't just the bartenders and security who they said weren't getting paid. "That's not even including DJs, promoters, everything, liquor, all of it," Stevens said. "They owe everybody money. And these guys get away with it every day. It's crazy." Ferritto worked for Michael for more than 10 years; now he can't even get ahold of him anymore. "No communication," Ferritto said. "He blocked me and everything. Just, he thinks he could just take our money and hide. You know, he's been MIA." A once bustling nightlife area, Park Street is now just a skeleton of what it once was. NBC4 reached out to Fadi Michael on multiple occasions for this story. He has not yet responded.