City Officials Give Riverside Property Owner Deadline for Abatement
Trenton officials met with Iqbal Nasir Wednesday afternoon to discuss the former Riverside Hospital property.
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Trenton officials gave the owner of the former Riverside Hospital an ultimatum Wednesday afternoon.
Officials set a deadline for Iqbal Nasir to begin demolition and abatement at the property by May 15 during a Brownfield Authority meeting at city hall.
Nasir said he would get the abatement started as quickly as possible, and people will be in the building working by the deadline.
Nasir added he plans to move his personal office from its current location on Allen Road to building nearest to West Jefferson, after construction is completed.
While Nasir did not give a date of completion, he did say the abatement should be completed by the end of the year.
"It has to be internally demolished and then you go in and build, so I don't know a real time frame for that," Nasir said.
Trenton administration will continue to pursue a court order to gain access to the property for inspection purposes.
Councilman Terry Teifer said if Nasir does not show significant progress at the property by the deadline, city officials would begin the legal process of condemning the building.
"If we have to, we'll condemn it and tear it down," Teifer said.
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sine-of-the-times
8:43 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Thank you. make sure this deadline counts. Make sure the residents know when to close their windows. Make sure the city investigates the company that is hired to do the work and make sure they are competent and quality performers. Make sure he doesn't do half the job and continue to leave the rest of it rotting.
General Shareman
9:19 am on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Could not have said it better myself. Except perhaps to add that we citizens greatly appreciate when cities take control of blight and vacant buildings and make sure owners of said buildings are made to toe a certain community-minded line.
Matthew Dale Laginess
8:37 pm on Sunday, March 17, 2013
Driving by the building today, I noticed that on the North side, there are windows open on the upper level. That should do wonders for mildew inhibition....
rick sheardown
9:46 am on Monday, March 18, 2013
Why didn't the city take this stand on mclouth property
Ron
12:28 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Because we have not stood up and demanded that they do so.
sine-of-the-times
4:32 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Very true Ron, start speaking up, sometimes they have to listen.
ELizS
8:36 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Give the man a break. The building sat vacant and rotting long before he bought it! I'd much rather see the building I was born at become something more than just a vacant lot like Owen is now. Yes.. What about Mc Clouth, that's sat forever and is a huge eyesore..
Ron
8:09 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Well, in my opinion if they are going to require the owner of the former Riverside Hospital property to clean up, fix up, paint and repair broken Windows, they should also require the owner or owners of the former Mclouth Steel property to do the same. We're tried of looking at that mess too.