Demolition of the brick building at 110 East Michigan Avenue, authorized by the Three Rivers City Commission on October 6th, has begun.
Demolition of the building at 110 East Michigan Avenue is underway.
The Three Rivers City Commission authorized removal of the two-story brick structure in action during its October 6th meeting.
The building, which is adjacent to the Portage River Parking Plaza, was purchased by the city in 2004 for $85,000.
Targeted for demolition in 2008, the building was given a nine-month reprieve on July 1st of last year to allow time for efforts to market the building. The property was listed with a local realtor for nine months, but no offers were submitted.
The building at 110 East Michigan Avenue, viewed from the Portage River Parking Plaza Tuesday afternoon (October 27th), as demolition work got underway.
In a staff report, City Manager Joe Bippus said the building “is not in usable condition at this time and would take extensive work to rehabilitate.”
Meyer Ventures offered to remove the building for the city and backfill the basement area with dirt for $7,300.
According to Bippus, funds from the East City Parking Lot project have been carried over to pay for the demolition.
Bippus said, “Once the building is gone, the city will be able to develop the property or allow a private entity to do it.”
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWhat a shame imo. Just what the city needs: another parking lot! I think this property will more than likely end up becoming just another little parcel of “waste land” within the city.
Afterall, W. Michigan Avenue is a main thoroughfare and would be advantageous for investment/ business development. But look at how long the corner of W. Michigan and S. Lincoln has remained a vacant lot (after the “Chicken Coop” – believe that was the restaurant – closed)!
And don’t forget that right across the street (another piece of property for potential prime business development) is that undeveloped land where a gas station used to be!
I guess TR likes to see grassy, vacant clumps of property just waiting for that so called potential investor! But sadly, I think it will probably be a rather long wait. I would have much rather had a wonderful brick building which has been cemented together with TR’s history enhanced and preserved instead.
Well, I suppose some sort of trashy thing is planned there, a fast food place to generate cups and wrappers rolling down the road, and graffiti, perhaps. Then like the Chicken Coop it can go out of business and leave a hole in the neighborhood – literally. Who benefits?
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