The owner of a building on the corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets in Little Italy is fighting a Department of Buildings order that the building must be demolished after a brick wall collapsed on January 10th.
The owners are currently trying to shore up the building to save it, but the DOB has allowed plans to save the building to move forward for now.
Little Italy residents fear that if the building that housed Areva Dairy, known as America’s oldest cheese shop, for 130 years is torn down and replaced with luxury condominiums, it will be a further blow to historic Little Italy. I was concerned.
The longtime owners are currently moving forward with a stabilization and partial demolition plan for 188 Grand Street, rather than a full-scale demolition.
The adjoining building at 190 Grand St., home to Piedmont Ravioli since 1920, was placed under a partial eviction order after the Jan. 10 collapse, but has since reopened.
The building at 188 Grand St. is surrounded by scaffolding. “On Wednesday, January 17, the owner of 188 Grand Street submitted to the DOB his plans for stabilization and partial demolition of the building as an alternative to complete demolition of the building.” A DOB spokesperson said. told Our Town Downtown.
And DOB appreciated it.
“The methodology and sequence of work of the proposed stabilization plan they submitted considered the safety of the workers performing this work. This plan was reviewed and approved by the DOB,” the spokesperson said. said.
“After plans were approved, the owners notified us on Thursday, January 18th that they intended to move forward with plans for stabilization and partial demolition,” the DOB said.
The building’s owner is listed as Stabler Realty, the successor to Stabler Brothers, a longtime building owner in the Little Italy area.
They are listed as Jared Minc of Building Equity Management LLC. When we reached out for comment on January 22nd, Mink said: