The former Brothers Tuxedo in downtown west Dearborn is now razed.

A dilapidated building in downtown west Dearborn that once was home to Brothers Tuxedo has finally been razed.

Crews began demolishing the building on Friday and by Saturday afternoon all that remained of the two-story brick building was a pile of rubble.

While it has taken years to remove this Dearborn eyesore, the good news is that it is now finally down. And with a clean plot of land on a prime corner of downtown Dearborn there comes hope that it will become something more than just another grassy space.

The building is the second of three dilapidated buildings that Dearborn developer Hakim Fakhoury agreed with city officials would come down. The third building, Bally’s Vic Tanny, is still being prepared for demolition.

The former Brothers Tuxedo building at Michigan and Howard before demolition.

As part of the agreement with the city and a way to save demolition costs, the foundation of the Brothers Tuxedo building, just like the former Giuliano’s, will remain until the property is ready to be developed.

The three buildings, all located between Mason and Military on Michigan Avenue, were being removed as part of a large-scale redevelopment proposed in 2005 by Fakhoury.

That particular development never occurred but clearing the area of these rotting buildings is a step in the right direction.