[font=Verdana]The C. Grantham Co. of Caseyville, [/font][font=Verdana]Ill.[/font][font=Verdana], has been awarded the demolition contract for the old Omaha Standard property.[/font]

[font=Verdana]"We went out for competitive bids and the Grantham Company was the low bidder," said Mark Norman, executive director of the Pottawattamie County Development Corporation.[/font]

[font=Verdana]The PCDC owns the property. Omaha Standard has moved into its new state-of-the art headquarters on the corner of [/font][font=Verdana]South 11th Street[/font][font=Verdana] and [/font][font=Verdana]35th Avenue[/font][font=Verdana].[/font]

[font=Verdana]Grantham is probably best known locally for its work as a subcontractor on the [/font][font=Verdana]Omaha[/font][font=Verdana] lead-removal project, [/font][font=Verdana]Norman[/font][font=Verdana] said. Demolition work on West Broadway is expected to begin within a couple of weeks.[/font]

[font=Verdana]"They should be completed within 120 days," [/font][font=Verdana]Norman[/font][font=Verdana] said.[/font]

[font=Verdana]The first phase will involve the demolition all the Omaha Standard buildings and the four-plex apartment building on [/font][font=Verdana]25th Street[/font][font=Verdana].[/font]

[font=Verdana]The PCDC continues to work with the Seldin Co. to develop the site, and it could be late summer or early fall before those details are finalized, Norman said. [/font]

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