Demolition News

A Christmas Day fire that destroyed a long-abandoned, already partially demolished downtown Waukegan building accentuated the need and potential for the city’s task force which monitors abandoned and dilapidated structures. It took firefighters six hours to extinguish the blaze because it was necessary to call a demolition crew to further tear down walls to protect […]

Construction started on this former Old National Bank building in 1968 and was completed two years later. EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Owners of the deteriorating 18-story tower at 420 Main St. are seeking state tax credits to support its demolition followed by a new project covering the same block. Domo Development and local investors in 2019 […]

Rescue efforts continue at the site of a building collapse at the former Killen Generation Station power plant in Adams County, Ohio, on Dec. 9, 2020. The Killen Generating Station near Manchester, in Adams County, Ohio, closed down two years ago and was being prepared for demolition before it collapsed at about 9 a.m. on […]

WHEELING — Officials in the city of Wheeling remained focused on cleaning up dilapidated properties across various neighborhoods in town, as this week city council moved forward with another round of demolitions. Council unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing City Manager Robert Herron to spend $395,837 with Raze International Inc. of Shadyside for abatement and demolition […]

After a demolition at a former coal-fired power plant caused a thick cloud of dust to blanket the Little Village neighborhood in April, the site’s developer and its contractors have agreed to pay $370,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the state. Northbroook-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners will pay the bulk of the funds under a […]

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — It’s been nearly two months since the new Salt Lake City International Airport opened Concourse A West. Since then, Concourse B has opened, meaning all airlines serving the Salt Lake City International Airport are operating out of new facilities. The next phase in new airport construction involves the destruction of […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s old home is getting an extreme makeover … the infamous compound where he sexually assaulted many of his young victims will be torn down. Here’s the deal … Florida real estate developer Todd Michael Glaser says he inked a contract to buy the waterfront property from Epstein’s estate, and once it closes next […]

HUNTINGTON — Workers demolished an unsafe home in the Fairfield East neighborhood of Huntington on Monday following the mayor’s announcement of plans to knock down several more. “We are announcing today 119 additional structures on the unsafe buildings list will be demolished by the end of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2021,” the […]

Costello Dismantling efforts might receive a recycling environmental demolition award at the World Demolition Summit in Great Britain, Nov. 12. WEYMOUTH- The demolishing of Chapman Middle School required the removal of 14,000 tons of bricks with asbestos by Costello Dismantling during the past few months. As a result, Costello Dismantling might receive a recycling environmental […]

For years it’s been an obtrusive blight, emptied after years of underperformance—a crumbling facade evincing the rot within, a vacant and doomed shell representing an era that has long passed its prime. I speak, of course, of Trump Plaza. Soon, this beleaguered development in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will fall. Demolition is currently underway, and […]