Demolition begins at former A&P plant
(I am trying to find out who is doing the work)
For more than 20 years, the former A&P plant has stood as mute testament to economic hardship.
Now, the walls are finally starting to come down.
Contractors hired by the property's new owner, Developers Diversified Realty Corp. of Ohio, started knocking down the outer walls of the 1.5 million-square-foot facility Monday morning.
By summer, Developers Diversified Realty hopes to have new retail tenants on the site, including a possible Wal-Mart Supercenter and four or five smaller businesses.
The sprawling facility was billed as the world's largest food processing plant when it was built by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. in 1965. It closed in 1982, throwing 1,000 employees out of work.
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Last edited by demojames; 12-20-2005 at 06:27 AM.
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