Skanska planning Houston blast…

Former Houston Club building to fall in the fall.

New York-based Skanska USA Commercial Development said it is preparing the former Houston Club building for demolition, which is slated for this fall.

Houston-based D.H. Griffin of Texas Inc. will conduct the implosion, but the exact date has not been set.

Demolition of the existing 18-story building and garage — at the site bounded by Capitol, Rusk, Milam and Travis — is part of the first phase of Skanska’s Capitol Tower project.

Architecture firm Gensler is designing the 35-story, 750,000-square-foot project. The first phase also includes construction of a permanent parking garage to support the new office tower.

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