8-16-06 – Gilroy Aviation Sciences, Technology, & ALternative Energy Investment Fund founded
8-22-06 – Hollings Cartaway Hunger-Relief Organization, one of Cote’s companies, buys four of eight lots at Hanna Square site then valued at $676,000
Cote himself buys four other lots at Hanna Square then valued at $1.2 million
August 2006 – Median price for single family residence in Gilroy is $687,000
9-26-06 – Cote transfers properties to ‘Aviation’
6-07 – Two Bear Sterns hedge funds collapse
7-9-07 – ‘Hollings’ transfers properties to ‘Aviation,’ which holds all properties, now worth $2.4 million
7-31-07 – Cote attempts to substitute one of his own companies as trustee on deed, replacing Alliance Title, the original trustee
Median price for single family residence falls slightly to $675,000
10-07 – Dow Jones Industrial peaks above 14,000 points
11-21-07 – Gilroy Independence Hanna Square Homeowners Association founded
12-07 – Cote allegedly stops paying General Contractor, Al Valles
1-16-08 – Cote transfers deeds from ‘Aviation’ to ‘Hanna Square HOA’
2-08 – Dozens of sub-contractors begin filing liens against Cote and his various companies, last lien filed in March, 2009
2-23-08 – First open house
2-29-08 – Al V sues Cote, companies and United American Bank
3-08 Median home price falls to $538,000
5-23-08 – South County Tile, a sub-contractor, sues Al V, who is attempting to pass grievances onto Cote and companies
6-10-08 – Cote nearly beaten to death during home invasion
6-30-08 – Cote slips into tax default on his own property at 1515 Welburn Avenue
9-30-08 – Trustee, PLM Lender, sends Cote default notice on Hanna Square properties
11-6-08 – ‘Aviation’ transfers Hanna Sq. deeds to United American Bank, which begins to finish project
11-20-08 – Cote sues former real estate agent, Denize Appuzo, for petty cash
2-12-09 – State tax agency send ‘Hollings’ overdue notice for nearly $3,000
2-13-09 – Cote travels to South Africa, returns intermittently for medical and business reasons
4-3-09 – City expected to approve finished work
4-7-09 – Cote’s next court date as defendant against Al V