Tampa city council awards lumberyard wrecking contract.
Plant City has awarded a contract to D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co. to tear down the remaining buildings and other structures at the former Stock Building Supply. Griffin Wrecking will pay the city $500, in exchange for the right to salvage materials from the site. A lumberyard had operated at that location since 1935.
The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency bought the 2.38 acres in 2008 as part of its efforts to revive midtown, an area south of historic downtown. The city allowed Stock to continue its operations in exchange for lease payments, but the lumberyard closed a few months ago amid a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Stock Building Supply Holdings. The company, which bought the business from a Plant City family in 2000, cited slumping sales.
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