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Commission approves termination of demolition review for vacant bank building at 120 East Grand Avenue
Summary
After hearing a redevelopment proposal and a history of failed reuse attempts, the commission terminated the demolition-review process for the 1970s-era bank building at 120 East Grand Avenue to allow redevelopment plans to proceed.
The Historic Preservation Commission Jan. 8 voted to terminate demolition review for the former Northern Trust bank building at 120 East Grand Avenue, clearing an early procedural hurdle so the property owner can pursue redevelopment in the Central Business District.
Project representative (last name Whitmer) described the building as a seventies-era brick structure that has been vacant for approximately a decade and said multiple adaptive-reuse attempts—ranging from a proposed restaurant to other commercial uses—proved economically infeasible. “The bank…
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