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Forest Park URA approves up to $750,000 for urgent repairs at Park at Fort Gillum
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The Urban Redevelopment Agency voted unanimously to authorize up to $750,000 for emergency repairs at the Park at Fort Gillum after a property condition assessment estimated $7.2 million for full redevelopment and recommended prioritized critical fixes.
The Forest Park Urban Redevelopment Agency voted unanimously to authorize up to $750,000 for immediate, critical repairs at the Park at Fort Gillum, including roofs, mold remediation, trip-hazard sidewalk repairs and parking-lot work.
A consultant’s property condition assessment placed a full-rehabilitation estimate for the 51-building complex at about $7.2 million but recommended a prioritized, shorter-term package of urgent work. “It’s showing $7,000,000 if you all wanted to upgrade every single thing at the property,” Darion Dunn of CI Asset Management told the board, but he urged focusing on a targeted list of critical repairs.
The board…
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