City board OKs demolitions for YSU project

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control approved a $393,000 contract to have six structures demolished and asphalt removed from a parking lot needed for a $30 million Youngstown State University building and a street extension project.

The board on Thursday hired Pro Quality Land Development, a Campbell company that submitted the lowest of six proposals for the job. The demolition will start in April and take up to three months to finish.

The parcels are located on West Wood and North Phelps streets and Lincoln and West Rayen avenues.

The properties are needed to extend North Hazel Street from Commerce Street to Lincoln Avenue and for YSU to build the Williamson College of Business Administration. The building would be constructed along the proposed extended North Hazel Street near West Rayen Avenue and North Phelps Street.

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