Trumbull Co. to acquire parcels near former First Place Bank

WARREN — Demolition is underway on a former office building on East Market Street on land that will soon be owned by Trumbull County commissioners.

Commissioner Paul Heltzel said part of the purchase agreement for the former First Place Bank Building at the corner of East Market Street and Pine Avenue was for the building at 255 E. Market to be demolished and the property paved.

It is one of about 22 parcels the county is acquiring along with the former bank building. Some of the land is directly behind the bank. Most of the rest is one block east. The county paid $750,000 for the former bank and land.

Together, the approximately 22 parcels make up close to a city block of space, depending on how a city block is defined, Heltzel said.

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