Time-lapse video of a house demolition by All American Demolition Corp. at 211 E. 34th St. in Lorain
Time-lapse video of a house demolition by All American Demolition Corp. at 211 E. 34th St. in Lorain on December 1, 2014. The City of Lorain is in the process of demolishing a host of blighted...

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Demolition will begin by the middle of next year for Community Mercy Health Partners former main hospital building on its Fountain Boulevard campus.

Its hard to say when that demolition will begin, said Dave Lamb, a spokesman for CMHP. But it will most likely begin later in the first half of next year when the weather begins to clear, he added.

Plans are also in the works to demolish the former mental health services building that is on that campus. Demolition for that facility will also likely begin next year, Lamb said.

The mental health building and the hospital building are both coming down in the same general time frame, Lamb said. Were treating it as one demolition project. We dont have the exact order at this time.

Mental Health Services for Clark and Madison Counties has since relocated to a newer office space at 474 N. Yellow Springs St., across from the Springfield Regional Medical Center downtown.

Despite the demolition of the former main hospital and the mental health services buildings next year, CMHP does not currently have further plans to redevelop or sell the Fountain Avenue campus, Lamb said.

Were spending money on renovations, so were planning on staying there for a while, Lamb said.

The Springfield Regional Imaging Center, at 1343 N. Fountain Blvd., is also on the Fountain campus. The imaging center is still in use and fully functioning, Lamb said, and will remain at that location.

The campus also includes the Mercycrest Medical Arts Building, 30 W. McCreight Ave., which provides space for physician offices, as well as the Springfield Regional Sleep Center and Community Mercy Med Assist.

CMHP is also spending about $1.6 million to renovate vacant office space in the former Mercy St. Johns Center, 100 W. McCreight Ave. That facility, which also provides space for Excel Pediatric Rehab, will be also soon be used as office space for employees currently located at 1 S. Limestone St. in downtown Springfield. Those employees will serve a variety of functions, ranging from finance, accounts payable and marketing, among others.

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Demolition work will soon start on the Lakenham thatched cricket pavillion. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY

David Bale Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:49 AM

Demolition work is set to start within days at one of Norwichs former sporting landmarks.

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Seventy-five homes will be built on the old Lakenham Sports and Social Club site, off Carshalton Road, which was once the home of Norfolk cricket.

The redevelopment will also feature allotments, a playground and a five-a-side pitch.

Workers from Mitchell Demolition and developers, Hopkins Homes, which bought the site from Serruys Property Company, moved on site yesterday, and a spokesman said demolition work would start later this month.

The Lakenham Cricket Ground Residents Association had campaigned to save the cricket pavilion and had been supported by cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, who said it would be appalling if the plans went ahead.

Julie Moore, from the residents association, said that, while they had given up trying to save the pavilion from demolition, because of its poor state of repair, they were still campaigning to save the Victorian wall on the site.

She said: Obviously, the residents want something to happen on the site, but our concern is that 75 homes is too many. We are also concerned about the traffic on the narrow Victorian roads.

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Compromise seen as good start, falls short of needed reforms

Good, but not good enough.

That was the reaction of neighborhood activists to reforms by a city committee to address some of the complaints about residential demolitions and infill projects.

The Development Review Advisory Committee approved the recommendations developed by a subcommittee on Nov. 20. The committee, which is comprised primarily of developers and neighborhood representatives, advises the Bureau of Development Services, which issues demolition permits.

The recommendations include a new 35-day delay for all residential demolitions, a new category for major alterations that requires a 35-day notification, expanded requirements for neighborhood notifications of pending demolitions, and replacing the 120-day delay available to neighborhood association with a voluntary 30-day extension. They will be drafted into a proposal to be considered by the City Council on Dec. 17.

We think the recommendations are a good compromise. Nobody thinks theyre perfect, but theyre pretty good, considering we were under time constraints, says Jeff Fish, a developer who leads the DRAC.

Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who oversees BDS, wants the council to consider the recommendations before the end of the year.

The activists complain the demolition and infill projects are destroying the character of Portland neighborhoods. The number of demolition permits issued by BDS is expected to increase from 279 in 2013 to more than 400 this year. Thousands of permits are also being issued each year for major remodeling projects where most of the houses are demolished.

Falling short

Some of the activists praised DRACs work.

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Dec. 2, 2014, 8:54 p.m.

COMMUNITY concerns surrounding an empty old hospital building on Mornington Island should be removed by the end of the year.

COMMUNITY concerns surrounding an empty old hospital building on Mornington Island should be removed by the end of the year.

North West Hospital and Health Service chief executive Sue Belsham said the health service would engage a specialist contractor to remove the building on behalf of the Mornington Shire Council and in consultation with the council.

Mrs Belsham said the Department of Health and the North West HHS together would meet the estimated $250,000 cost of the buildings demolition and removal.

While responsibility for the land and building now sits with the shire council, the Department of Health and North West HHS acknowledge that they continue to bear some responsibility for its status, which was not fully appreciated at the time of transfer of the property to the council in 2000, she said.

The community is concerned over the deteriorating condition of the building, which is sometimes used as a playground by local children.

Mornington Shire Council held an asbestos awareness campaign to share health information for the children within the community, who may have been exposed to asbestos from playing in the old Lardil Street hospital.

Council chief executive Frank Mills said measures to ensure the core objective for the day remains focused towards health education.

Council decided to hold the event, a first for the shire, to educate the community [children] about health and asbestos, he said.

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Demolition to allay health fears

RESIDENTS fighting the planned demolition of a community centre have a glimmer of hope.

People in Peterlee banded together and staged a demonstration when proposals were discovered to knock down the White House, which has been empty for a few years.

In the wake of the protest Durham County Council has put the demolition on hold and will review its decision.

This could give time for a community group to establish itself and draw up proposals to take over the running of the building.

The White House has stood in Eden Lane, since 1890. The property, which was owned by wealthy merchant banker Rowland Burdon, has been used by various community groups over the years.

As part of Durham County Councils ongoing review of buildings that are no longer in use, it was decided that the White House would be demolished.

This decision was taken due to the building being empty for a number of years and its condition having seriously deteriorated following vandalism and thefts of interior fittings such as pipework.

With little prospect of the building being used, and the council having to pay for its ongoing maintenance, it was decided that demolition was the only realistic option.

However, following a meeting with local councillors, the decision will be reviewed in response to concerns expressed by some the community and local groups expressing an interest in taking over the building.

Stuart Timmiss, the councils head of planning and assets, said: Following a series of meetings with elected members in the area we have agreed to explore the opportunity of a local community group, which has expressed an interest, taking over the building.

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Pause for thought on demolition of Peterlee old community centre

A 210m mixed-use scheme near Bolton town centre is ready for the off after Manchester contractor J Freeley demolished a former foundry.

The demolition of the 32,000 sq ft building marks the first stage in the development of the 14-acre Church Wharf scheme, a joint venture between Ask Developments and investment firm Bluemantle.

Church Wharf, near St Peters Church and the River Croal, will feature more than 340,000 sq ft of offices, over 230 family town houses and apartments, a cinema, cafs, bars and restaurants, a hotel, shops, pedestrian routes and public spaces.

There will also be a footbridge over the River Croal leading to Churchgate and into the town centre.

The former foundry, on Church Bank, was constructed in 1873 and was known as Booth Industries, later becoming The Wharf Foundry.

It was used for engineering and metal works and in its heyday was a major employer, supplying factories and mills around Manchester.

The building had lain derelict since the early 1980s and became a target for break-ins and theft.

It deteriorated into a dangerous state after parts of the roof collapsed.

Manchester-based Freeley, founded in 1983, liaised closely with the Environment Agency to agree a safe working strategy for dismantling the building, which ran alongside the river.

As well as demolishing the former foundry, Freeley removed asbestos from the site, made good retained party walls to adjacent buildings and boundary walls, installed new fencing, and carried out drainage and tree clearance works.

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