Paused Demolition On Buffalo St. Raises Questions At Redevelopment Meeting
October 4, 2021 at 11:09 p.m.
Paused Demolition On Buffalo St. Raises Questions At Redevelopment Meeting
By David [email protected]
There’s a fence around the property, but no bulldozers, cranes or other demolition equipment sitting on the property as of Monday. The demolition started in June but has not been active for some time.
The site is a part of the North Buffalo Street redevelopment project, which includes town houses and mews by developer Dave Matthews, of Mishawaka. The plans call for the former IAWC site to become a mixed-used building. The city of Warsaw owns the property and will dispose of it to the developer as he is ready to develop it, Warsaw Community Economic and Development Director Jeremy Skinner told the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Monday.
Commission member and Warsaw Common Councilman Mike Klondaris said he drives past the old water building.
“It’s all fenced off. There looks to be like the remains of a World War II bunker sitting there, and no machinery in sight. What’s going on?” Klondaris asked.
“I don’t know, but we can talk after the meeting,” Skinner said. “As far as I know, they’re still moving forward on it. I don’t have a lot of information about why they stopped.”
Klondaris said he thought maybe they ran into a problem or they had to pull the machinery out to go work somewhere else.
Skinner said, “They did find a concrete bunker underneath there that shouldn’t have been a surprise, but I’m pretty sure there were pipes sticking up and out of it. Apparently it was a surprise (to them).”
He said he talked to two different contractors about how they’re going to deal with the bunker, including just cover it with fill. “We’ll let them figure it out,” Skinner said.
The only action taken by the Redevelopment Commission at Monday’s meeting was the approval of claims.
Claims included: $472.50, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for legal services ending Aug. 31 for the North Buffalo Street redevelopment project; $6,530.20, Wessler Engineering, for professional services for Aug. 1-29 for Airport Road lift station; $114.23, city of Warsaw wastewater, for November stormwater charge for the former IAWC building on North Buffalo Street; $10,157.80, A & Z Engineering for professional engineering services for the CR 300N and CR 200W improvements, through Sept. 26; $25.50, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, attorneys at law, for serves rendered regarding the Warsaw Chemical Co. property through Aug. 31; and $11,628.80 and $6,314.46, G & G Hauling & Excavating, for lift station work at the Warsaw Tech Park.
There’s a fence around the property, but no bulldozers, cranes or other demolition equipment sitting on the property as of Monday. The demolition started in June but has not been active for some time.
The site is a part of the North Buffalo Street redevelopment project, which includes town houses and mews by developer Dave Matthews, of Mishawaka. The plans call for the former IAWC site to become a mixed-used building. The city of Warsaw owns the property and will dispose of it to the developer as he is ready to develop it, Warsaw Community Economic and Development Director Jeremy Skinner told the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission Monday.
Commission member and Warsaw Common Councilman Mike Klondaris said he drives past the old water building.
“It’s all fenced off. There looks to be like the remains of a World War II bunker sitting there, and no machinery in sight. What’s going on?” Klondaris asked.
“I don’t know, but we can talk after the meeting,” Skinner said. “As far as I know, they’re still moving forward on it. I don’t have a lot of information about why they stopped.”
Klondaris said he thought maybe they ran into a problem or they had to pull the machinery out to go work somewhere else.
Skinner said, “They did find a concrete bunker underneath there that shouldn’t have been a surprise, but I’m pretty sure there were pipes sticking up and out of it. Apparently it was a surprise (to them).”
He said he talked to two different contractors about how they’re going to deal with the bunker, including just cover it with fill. “We’ll let them figure it out,” Skinner said.
The only action taken by the Redevelopment Commission at Monday’s meeting was the approval of claims.
Claims included: $472.50, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, for legal services ending Aug. 31 for the North Buffalo Street redevelopment project; $6,530.20, Wessler Engineering, for professional services for Aug. 1-29 for Airport Road lift station; $114.23, city of Warsaw wastewater, for November stormwater charge for the former IAWC building on North Buffalo Street; $10,157.80, A & Z Engineering for professional engineering services for the CR 300N and CR 200W improvements, through Sept. 26; $25.50, Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP, attorneys at law, for serves rendered regarding the Warsaw Chemical Co. property through Aug. 31; and $11,628.80 and $6,314.46, G & G Hauling & Excavating, for lift station work at the Warsaw Tech Park.
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