The property owner, Madison Equities, told tenants on Monday to vacate the premises immediately. It hadn’t been paying its utility bills, and the power was scheduled to shut off Wednesday.

The city negotiated with utilities to grant tenants until the end of the month to move out, as yet another building from downtown’s once-prolific property owner folds.

The office building is owned by Madison Equities, the St. Paul landlord that is trying to unload its downtown portfolio. Shutting the building down would leave a hole in the city's skyway system.

From B’s Barbershop to Pino’s Pizzeria and Allegra Printing, the remaining commercial tenants at the Alliance Bank Center in downtown St. Paul were informed late Monday afternoon they should “immediately vacate the premises” as the 16-story building — which offers a major skyway connection — would lose all heating,

The City of St. Paul is reacting after tenants of the Alliance Bank Center in downtown were told to vacate their premises within 48 hours.

Tenants were originally given two days to leave. They now say the city has promised to keep the lights on until April 1.

In an email sent to all tenants, Alliance Center, LLC said it cannot sustain the costs to operate the building any longer, given the unsustainable financial situation that exists at the building.

The city says Carter has negotiated with both utility partners at Xcel Energy and District Energy to postpone any action related to electricity and heating until the end of the month.