Long Vacant Dearborn Gas Station Coming Down
The station should be removed in a couple of weeks.
Demolition work has begun to remove a long-vacant service station at the corner of Military and Cherry Hill, clearing the way for construction of a new single story medical office building.
Owner Tarick Seifeddine says after the station comes down a rendering of the new building will go up as a way to advertise the new one-story office facililty that will be built there. Construction on the new building is expected to begin in the first half of next year.
A rendering of the new office building planned at the corner of Cherry Hill and Military.
One of the challenges at the site involved AT&T’s decision to install its refrigerator-sized new video boxes (known as U-verse boxes) in the middle of Seifeddine’s planned parking lot driveway entrance to the new building.
Following an earlier article on Deepsaidwhat about the boxes, AT&T contacted Seifeddine to determine if something could be worked out.
“We had some progress with AT&T, including the involvement of city lawyers,” Seifeddine said. “An issue came up that if we were to pursue a forceful and court approved relocation of the boxes that after is all is said and done it could take about 18 plus months to actually have it happen and that is something we simply cannot do.”
AT&T has relocated boxes on some occasions following court orders, including one location in Dearborn, but as Seifeddine says, the process is a long one.
Instead, Seifeddine said the new building will move about four feet towards Military, which still meets city ordinances, and will provide even more landscaping to neighbors. The design of the driveway closest to the boxes will now become one-way, he said.
The demolition of the gas station will certainly improve the aesthetics of the neighborhood. The gas station has been closed since October 1997. For that earlier story, click HERE.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Where to start on this? Very insecure construction site? Where is the chain link fencing? Asbestos abatement? People trespassing to get into the dumpsters? I have zero confidence in the demolition of this building. It started last week. It is obvious it is being attempted by individuals who have no experience in construction. It is obvious they have zero regard for citizens safety.
October 31st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Anthony – guess your question should Where Is The City???
October 31st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Jeez Anthony, you forgot about about the, “is there free or paid parking”.
dullards….
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 am
I am aware of three Dearborn residents who have phoned the Building & Safety department about this property in the past seven days. I cannot write on behalf of the City, nor can I speculate on what is being done.
I can say that the orange plastic webbing is now nearly on the ground. I have seen people of all ages walking through the remains. There is broken glass. The building is completely open. The clays tile near the top of the roof are falling down.
This is an irresponsible land owner with no regard for safety at a demolition site. Unfortunately, our tax dollars will wasted on this site to get compliance with safety rules, which the land owner should have been aware of in the first place.
Please, if you have children, teens, that walk by this corner, make them aware of how dangerous this site is. The allure of a construction site is tempting to investigate. However, the building is, without a shadow of a doubt, is not stable. Tell your children to keep away from this property.