Former Borden dairy plant meets with wrecking ball

No plans are in place for the property.
BOARDMAN -- Two steam shovels sat quietly on the lot of the former Borden Inc. milk plant at lunch time Monday.
But the rubble around them showed they had not been idle for long. Surrounding the red and yellow machines were crushed bricks, twisted steel, concrete and dust.
The center of the building at 6330 Market St. had been destroyed. The north and south ends of the 41,000-square-foot brick building were still standing.
But not for long.
The 50-foot-by-200-foot property was bought in August by Precision Inc. of Sistersville, W.Va., for $362,500, Mahoning County auditor records show. The aluminum supply company is demolishing the building but has submitted no plans for what will go in its place, said the township's assistant zoning inspector Darren Crivelli.
Crivelli sad the property is zoned for commercial use.
Ron DiTosto of Ronn Realty & amp; Associates in Boardman said his firm had handled the sale to Precision Inc. and is helping to prepare the site for development.
Potential for site
Precision Inc. officials believe the property, between Ewing Road and Wildwood Drive, will have "real potential as a viable commercial property" once demolition is complete, said Jenetta Thoms, the company's vice president.
Demolition began over the weekend and should take at least six weeks, DiTosto said. He said there are no plans for the area once demolition is complete.
The building was last used as a bakery by Kathryn's Kookies, which opened in 1996. The baking company had bought the property for $300,000, auditor records show. Boardman officials said the company closed earlier this year.
Borden had closed the plant in October 1995, as part of a reduction of dairy plants in the eastern United States. When no buyer was found to maintain operations, the closure put about 130 employees out of work.