Articles tagged: demolition
Video: Watch the demolition of blighted homes on Ann Arbor's North Main Street
Posted: May 22, 2013Six blighted houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor will be demolished by the end of the week. Read more »
North Main demolition: Opinions mixed as 6 boarded-up houses come down in Ann Arbor
Posted: May 22, 2013The long-awaited demolition of a row of boarded-up houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor began in earnest Wednesday morning. Read more »
Demolition time: Georgetown Mall redevelopment set to begin
Posted: May 13, 2013Permits have been approved and construction equipment has arrived for the tearing down of the former Georgetown Mall on Packard Road in Ann Arbor. Read more »
Ann Arbor moving ahead with demolition of 6 houses on North Main using its own blight fund
Posted: Apr 15, 2013The city of Ann Arbor is moving ahead with demolition of six boarded-up houses along North Main Street using money from its dangerous building fund after losing state grant funding. City Administrator Steve Powers informed ... Read more »
Ann Arbor failed to meet conditions of grant for demolition of North Main houses, state says
Posted: Mar 25, 2013The city of Ann Arbor failed to meet conditions of a grant agreement for demolition of six boarded-up houses on North Main Street, and the $96,000 award has been rescinded, a spokeswoman for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority said. Read more »
Ann Arbor mayor blames state for failure to demolish North Main houses by March 15 deadline
Posted: Mar 22, 2013Six boarded-up houses along North Main Street in Ann Arbor still stand a full week after they were supposed to be demolished by the city. Read more »
$88K FEMA grant to help pay for demolition of 721 N. Main buildings in Ann Arbor
Posted: Mar 07, 2013The city of Ann Arbor is moving forward with demolition of two storage structures at the city's old maintenance yard at 721 N. Main, the future site of a new near-downtown park. The City Council ... Read more »
Blight beat: 6 boarded-up houses on Ann Arbor's North Main Street slated for demolition by next month
Posted: Feb 18, 2013Six of eight boarded-up houses along the east side of Main Street north of downtown Ann Arbor will be demolished by March 15 if all goes as planned. Mayor John Hieftje said he'll be glad ... Read more »
with video: Portions of Blake Transit Center come down as AATA moves ahead with new transit center project
Posted: Jan 14, 2013A portion of the Blake Transit Center in downtown Ann Arbor met the wrecking ball on Monday afternoon during a partial demolition of the canopy over the passenger pickup area. Read more »
Video/Updated: Watch the demolition of former Greek Church on North Main Street in Ann Arbor
Posted: Sep 11, 2012Demolition was under way early Tuesday morning at the former Greek Church building on North Main Street in Ann Arbor. The property is being auctioned off by the county as part of a larger tax-foreclosure auction of 67 parcels of land. Read more »
Demolition of ex-Greek church in downtown Ann Arbor delayed until Tuesday
Posted: Sep 10, 2012With about one day left on its Washtenaw County tax foreclosure auction, the former Greek Church on the 400 block of North Main Street. also has about one day left standing. Demolition of the church ... Read more »
Ypsilanti Township seeking bank lawsuit settlement funds for Liberty Square demolition
Posted: Jul 30, 2012Ypsilanti Township is seeking a piece of a $97 million settlement banks agreed to pay the state of Michigan for the banks' role in the foreclosure crisis. The settlement came after a national class action ... Read more »
Blight Beat: Judge orders demolition of 2 more deteriorating Ypsilanti Township trailer parks
Posted: Jul 28, 2012Two more troubled Ypsilanti Township trailer parks soon will be a bad memory for the township. Owners of two parks had walked away from them in February as they lost the properties to tax foreclosure. ... Read more »
Ann Arbor officials propose new fund to tear down blighted properties
Posted: Dec 20, 2011Mayor John Hieftje says he and other Ann Arbor officials have been frustrated "for a very long time" with abandoned and boarded-up properties in the city. Now there might be a solution. Hieftje announced Monday ... Read more »
Live updates from Michigan basketball game vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Posted: Dec 13, 2011The Michigan basketball team wraps up its non-conference schedule with three straight home games, beginning tonight against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7 p.m., ESPNU). AnnArbor.com sports writer Nick Baumgardner will be providing live updates from the game ... Read more »
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