Board of control approves funding for asbestos determination at Erie Terminal

YOUNGSTOWN — The city’s board of control hired a Solon company today for $6,500 to determine the amount of asbestos and lead in the Erie Terminal, and apply to receive state funding to remove those items from the building.

The abatement would probably cost more than $100,000, city Finance Director David Bozanich, a board of control member, said after the vote to hire Partners Environmental for the work.

The city sold the Erie Terminal at 112 W. Commerce St. on June 29, 2007, for $375,000 to Frangos of Cleveland, who owns several downtown Youngstown buildings and parking lots and decks.

Frangos wants to convert the former industrial building into student housing based on its close proximity to Youngstown State University, particularly its Williamson College of Business Administration, currently under construction.

To date, no work has been done on the nearly $8 million Erie Terminal plan.

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