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Groveport looks to sell vacant lot in historic downtown
(by Rick Palsgrove, Southeast Editor - January 12, 2010)
A vacant lot that Councilwoman Jan Stoots once described as looking like "a missing tooth in the smile of downtown Groveport" may soon be filled.
At its Jan. 11 meeting, Groveport Village Council heard the second reading of an ordinance to authorize the Groveport Community Improvement Corporation to sell the approximately .092 acre vacant lot owned by the village on the south side of Main Street, located across from Groveport Town Hall, to RASL LLC. Details of the sale and plans for the land are not finalized, but it is believed a local business plans to expand onto the site.
According to village officials, the proposed offered sale price for the .092 acre lot is $15,000.
The village purchased the land in 2005 for $235,000. At that time there were three 19th century era storefront buildings on the site. These buildings were torn down in 2006, at a cost of $16,500, after a structural engineer's report determined it could cost up to $360,000 to rehabilitate the aging structures. After demolition the village graded and seeded the site with grass.
Originally, the village bought the land because officials then were considering re-routing Wirt Road through the site to create an intersection connection with Front Street at Main Street. When that idea was abandoned, the village also thought about making the potential commercial development of the site a phase II portion of an overall plan to redevelop the historic downtown. (Phase I is the ongoing effort to develop the proposed Groveport Town Center retail/office project on the vacant land on the northeast corner of Main and Front streets.)
Council will hear the third and final reading on the proposed sale of the .092 acre property at its Jan. 25 meeting.
| Comments (1) |
On January 12, 2010 Mary said:
What a waste of taxpayers money. When someone does develop this land, please don't have the building zoning laws stop them from doing what needs to be done. |
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