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Board authorizes condemnation of vacant Circle K property at 6317 W. Markham; emergency clause passed
Summary
The Little Rock City Board of Directors voted to condemn the long-vacant former Circle K site at 6317 West Markham Street and approved an emergency clause allowing demolition proceedings to begin immediately; owners asked for more time and neighborhood residents pressed for immediate removal.
The Little Rock City Board of Directors voted on March 18, 2025, to adopt an ordinance condemning the structure at 6317 West Markham Street as a structural fire and health hazard and approved an emergency clause to allow immediate steps toward demolition.
Board members and neighborhood leaders pressed for quick action after more than a year of reported neglect at the site, a former gas station and convenience store. Attorney Victor Fleming, representing the property owner’s developer group, Bluefin Development Company, apologized to the city and asked the board for more time, saying, "we are sorry." Fleming asked the board to "bump" the matter to July so the owner could pursue redevelopment; he also promised on the record that his clients would "remove the graffiti and fix the fencing by Saturday this week" and clean the site weekly until then.
The neighborhood…
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