Demolition of vacant Youngstown city buildings set for next week

YOUNGSTOWN — Demolition to three vacant downtown buildings, near Youngstown City Hall, will start late next week.

The three buildings, all 89 years old, “can’t be renovated or retrofitted” so they’ll be demolished, said John P. Coyne, whose Cleveland-base company, Coyne Investments Ltd., owns the properties.

After the buildings are down, which should take about a week, the location will be paved and become a 41-space addition to a 23-space Ampco System Parking lot on the northeast corner of West Boardman and South Phelps streets. Coyne is also vice president of business development for Ampco.

The empty structures are located at 20 and 24 W. Boardman St. and 21 S. Phelps St.

Coyne Investments paid $324,000 to purchase the three properties, which total 13,204 square feet, between April 29, 1997, and Aug. 28, 2007, according to information on the Mahoning County auditor’s Web site.

It will cost under $200,000 to demolish the three downtown buildings.

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