Have you driven down North Wells Street near Highway 12 lately? If so, you may have noticed roll-off dumpsters, caution tape, and crews working around the old wood-front Ivey Mechanical building.
As of Wednesday, September 30, the building is being demolished.
Breezy News spoke with Steve Barnhill, Vice President of Fabrication Services at Ivey Mechanical, who said the building is being torn down due to its deteriorating condition.
According to Barnhill, the building has been vacant for at least five years and is believed to have been built sometime in the 1940s. He said the last major updates he remembers being made to the building were in the 1980s.
Once demolition is complete, the property will be used for parking and storage, but also provides additional space for Ivey Mechanical’s future growth.
