A building at 104 W. Main St. in Sedalia, Missouri, partially collapsed Aug. 25, sending debris into a parking lot and part of Ohio Street. It was already slated for demolition. Now all structures from 104 to 114 West Main St. must come down by Sept. 8, with Main Street closed between Ohio and Osage until then.
Defiance County’s land bank board heard updates on demolition of vacant commercial buildings at 111-113 E. Second St., under contract to Skiver Excavating, LLC of Defiance, though no start date was given. The same contractor will remove two Defiance Public Library homes for an annex project. A new competitive state demolition fund requiring a 25% match will target business-related projects, while Tetra Tech continues brownfield testing at several Defiance sites, including an asbestos survey scheduled the week of Sept. 21.
Demolition begins Wednesday, August 26, on several Grand Traverse County Land Bank-owned properties in downtown Kingsley, Michigan, including the former John's Auto site at 103-111 W. Main Street and the former Autotech property at 115 W. Main Street. Dore & Associates will handle the work, funded by a $500,000 State Land Bank Authority award for site readiness. Weather permitting, completion is expected no later than September 22, clearing the site for future redevelopment.
Demolition begins on adjacent West Main Street parcels in Kingsley, Michigan, covering the former John's Auto site at 103-111 W. Main St. and the former Autotech property at 115 W. Main St. Dore & Associates will handle the work, funded by a $500,000 state grant, with the job running through Sept. 22 weather permitting. The Grand Traverse County Land Bank Authority acquired the sites over two years with the Village of Kingsley and its Downtown Development Authority, which plans to issue a request for qualifications this month to select a partner for mixed-use redevelopment.
Great Lakes Capital, an Indiana-based developer, has filed for a demolition permit for The Gregory at 738 W. South Temple in Salt Lake City, clearing a two-floor masonry building and a metal warehouse currently used by a towing company. The $20,000 job covers 6,300 square feet and could run Jan. 10 to Feb. 10. The site would become a six-story, 169-unit affordable apartment building; a separate commercial building permit remains under city review.
Crews in Fall River, Massachusetts, are demolishing the former police station on Bedford Street, where the building had begun collapsing internally. Asbestos in the structure required dust suppression, air-quality monitoring and coordination with the state Department of Environmental Protection, which rejected an initial disposal plan before approving a revised one on Aug. 6. Building Commissioner Glenn Hathaway said no violations or fines have occurred, the roughly $1.4 million project has shown low dust readings so far, and the site is expected to be cleared by October.
Demolition of the former Colonel House Motel at 1829 Triplett Street in Owensboro, Kentucky, began this week under a roughly $117,000 contract with Murphy Excavating that covers both demolition and asbestos abatement. The city, which bought the property for $600,000 last year after redevelopment proposals proved unworkable, expects the building leveled by week's end and debris cleared about a week later. Officials plan to leave a flat, seeded lot zoned B-4 and market it for private redevelopment, possibly through a new RFP.
Crews from Demolition Pros began tearing down the former Splash City waterpark on Pensacola Boulevard in Pensacola, Florida, on August 21, 2026. The scope covers removal of all remaining structures, concrete surfaces and amusement rides on the site. The contractor expects the work to wrap up by the end of the year.
Demolition of the fire-damaged Eveready Diner at 6595 U.S. Route 9 in Rhinebeck, N.Y., is complete, with the site cleared and debris removed, Code Enforcement Officer Michael Dugard told the Town Board. The order to demolish, issued in June, took nearly six weeks to secure contractors and complete asbestos studies. Officials postponed setting a completion deadline, opting to revisit the matter at the board's Sept. 14 meeting after Dugard meets with the owner to discuss remaining site work.
Crews began tearing down Greeley’s round former city hall on Thursday, with the largest structures expected down by Wednesday and cleanup lasting a few more weeks. The city opted to demolish rather than renovate after estimating $33 million in repairs, including asbestos removal and an outdated HVAC system. The site will become a temporary Weld County parking lot under a land swap tied to the Downtown Civic Campus, which also includes a new $83.6 million city hall set to begin construction this fall.
Selective demolition is underway on the 1908 Roche de Boeuf bridge in Waterville, Ohio, with the Ohio Department of Transportation handling the work under a June agreement with the city and the Save the Bridge Association. Crews are removing concrete walls to leave only the arch outlines, working from a custom rock causeway built into the river, at a cost of about $4 million covered by ODOT. The river is closed to recreational use near the site, work will extend into next year, and the city takes ownership once the project concludes.
St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority is finishing its final ARPA-funded demolitions, having razed more than 500 vacant homes citywide. A $15 million partnership with the St. Louis Regional Crime Commission tore down over 300 buildings. One remaining teardown near Maffitt and Bishop P.L. Scott avenues is set for Thursday at 10 a.m.