Crews began demolishing the 127-year-old Keystone Fire Company building on North Fourth Street in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Monday, after engineers determined storm damage from last week made the structure too unstable to save. Owner Cory Shoemaker said a restoration company deemed the collapse too severe to handle after a section of exterior wall came down. He plans no rebuild, and the borough is arranging to donate salvaged bricks to residents. Demolition is expected to take about 30 days.
Aug 31, 2026
Crews at the former Redlands Mall in Redlands, California, are removing asbestos and addressing structural issues tied to demolition work around the adjacent CVS building, Development Services Director Sean Reilly told the Planning Commission. No timeline for demolition has been set, and the city has received no updated site plan or application to revise the 2022-approved mixed-use project, which called for up to 700 housing units and 65,000 square feet of retail space. The property was acquired in November 2025 by Town Square Development Group LLC.
Aug 27, 2026
The Gallatin, Missouri board of aldermen approved a $40,000 bid Aug. 24 from Perkins Dozing to demolish the former water plant and two other buildings on the site. Perkins Dozing was one of five bidders and the only one to price the entire project, while other bids left some items unpriced, according to City Administrator Crystal Dorrel. The board separately authorized grant applications through the Missouri Intergovernmental Risk Management Association for safety equipment totaling $10,200.16, with the city's share at $2,550.04 if funded.
Aug 26, 2026
A partial collapse at 104 W. Main St. in Sedalia, Missouri, sent debris into a nearby lot and Ohio Street, prompting the city to fast-track demolition of structures at 104-114 West Main by Sept. 8, with that stretch closed until then.
Aug 26, 2026
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.
Aug 26, 2026
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.
Aug 26, 2026
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.
Aug 25, 2026
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.
Aug 25, 2026
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.
Aug 25, 2026
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.
Aug 25, 2026
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, according to the report.
Aug 24, 2026
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.
Aug 22, 2026
