Sioux Falls mayor brings pressure to bear on dilapidated hotel owner.
Sioux Falls mayor Mike Huether is on the verge of delivering on his promise to rid his city of dilapidated buildings by taking over responsibility to demolish the Oaks Hotel.
In June, Oaks Hotel owner David Graham said the demolition of the hotel would start in mid-July and that construction on a new hotel would take about nine months. But as of today, the hotel remains standing.
Huether says he believes Graham had good intentions. “If it doesn’t get done in a more timely fashion, the city has no other choice, we’ll tear it down ourselves and then we’ll bill the owner for that,” says Huether. “But now not to hit the goals and not to meet the expectations and yes to over promise and to underdeliver, it’s disappointing to say the least,” said Huether.
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