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Billboard king faces auction of nine New Jersey properties after defaulting on payments

As 9 defaulted Catalyst sites in N.J. are prepped for auction, founder Thaddeus Bartkowski is in talks to build electronic billboards on the Schuylkill Expressway and at the Pa. Convention Center.

This incomplete, vacant emergency services center stands on Route 73 near the New Jersey Turnpike in Mount Laurel, part of a digital display advertising project by Thaddeus Bartkowski's Catalyst companies. It is one of nine Catalyst projects in New Jersey scheduled for auction in July after real estate investor W.P. Carey Inc. sued for non-payment of $28 million it said Catalyst owed.
This incomplete, vacant emergency services center stands on Route 73 near the New Jersey Turnpike in Mount Laurel, part of a digital display advertising project by Thaddeus Bartkowski's Catalyst companies. It is one of nine Catalyst projects in New Jersey scheduled for auction in July after real estate investor W.P. Carey Inc. sued for non-payment of $28 million it said Catalyst owed.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer