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Three foundations may finance demolition of Indiana shopping mall.

Niles Township appears to be a community bent on destruction; in this case, the destruction of the former Eastgate Shopping Plaza.

NewsCenter 16 has learned that a trio of community foundations is poised to step forward and offer to pay for the destruction of the building so taxpayers won’t have to.

The latest estimate puts the potential price tag in the neighborhood of $150-thousand. “From what we have conveyed to them as far as what we can get, from demolition quotes, that they are willing to come forward and pay for the whole demolition part of it,” said Jim Kidwell, Niles Charter Township Supervisor.

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