Fifty-seven vacant properties in Buffalo will be demolished under four contracts awarded by the city’s Urban Renewal Agency.

The agency board voted 8-0 to spend $1.08 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funds during a meeting in City Hall.

The structures to be demolished were chosen by the city’s Office of Strategic Planning, which prioritized sites around places like schools, community centers and places of worship, Permits and Inspections Commissioner James Comerford Jr. said.

The demolition work was put out to bid in four parts, and the work was awarded to the lowest bidder for each package of work.

Here’s how the contracts break down:

• Empire Dismantlement of Grand Island, a $238,000 contract for 13 buildings and a $281,900 contract for 15 structures.
• Regional Environmental Demolition of Niagara Falls, a$270,675 contract for 15 structures.
• Niagara Environmental & Wrecking of Buffalo, a $292,200 contract for 14 buildings.

Overall, seven firms bid for at least portions of the work.