LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Demolition efforts have begun on the Walter Neller Constructing in downtown Lansing, which is being torn down after receiving a red-tag designation in October 2016.
In a video posted to Fb Wednesday afternoon, heavy equipment might be seen demolishing a portion of the constructing.
Final December, the Lansing Metropolis Council ordered the property homeowners, the Granger Group, to both make the property, situated at 122 S. Grand Avenue, secure or demolish it in 60 days.
A Lansing metropolis official confirmed that the Granger Group is demolishing the constructing and has eliminated hazardous supplies, comparable to asbestos, from inside the construction.
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6 Information reported final March that, whereas the constructing could show an artwork set up, vines are rising out of the home windows and a tree has damaged by means of its roof. A window additionally fell from the second ground and smashed on the sidewalk beneath.
Metropolis Council orders constructing made secure or demolished
Window that fell from the Walter Neller Constructing. (Courtesy Metropolis of Lansing)
Window that fell from the Walter Neller Constructing. (Courtesy Metropolis of Lansing)
Granger plans to redevelop the world, revitalizing downtown Lansing.
”For too lengthy that constructing has sat as an eyesore and harmful,” mentioned At-Massive Lansing Metropolis Councilman Peter Spadafore in an e-mail assertion to six Information in December. “While we have had productive conversations with the property owners, this process ensures that the building is coming down and that land can be part of the next chapter of downtown’s story.”
