City seeks demolition cost from owners of former casket factory destroyed in fire.
Syracuse will try to get the $363,000 cost of taking down the fire-ravaged Marsellus Casket Co. factory from its owners, city officials said today.
The city wants Richmond Ave. Development LLC, the owners of the 121-year-old former factory swept by fire early Wednesday, to pay for the demolition, said Lindsay McCluskey, speaking for the mayor’s office. She said the corporation, a Westchester County investment group, has insurance on the building which it has owned since 2007.
Worried about the building’s stability, the city sought emergency bids to demolish the building from three contractors on a pre-approved list, McCluskey said. Two submitted proposals. The lowest bidder, Crisafulli Trucking of Syracuse, won the contract, she said.
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