U.S. Steel Started Demolition of Buildings at Former Joliet Steel Plant
The administration is reportedly working with the steelmaker on the transition of the property.
SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): U.S. Steel has begun dismantling buildings on the former Joliet steel factory site. The steel operations at the site terminated in 2001. Since then, the site has remained dormant. The land is likely to be repurposed following the demolition.
Mayor Terry D'Arcy declared that all structures will be razed because there is nothing to salvage. In September of last year, a massive fire damaged the former US Steel plant's main administrative building. The fire had destroyed the majority of the building. However, a portion of the burned-out edifice remains standing. The Mayor also stated that a limestone arch on the Main Office Building had been conserved for usage.
The administration is apparently negotiating with the steelmaker to transition the property. There is currently no plan for the property, despite Mayor D'Arcy's earlier proposal to convert it into a youth sports complex. The Mayor stated during a recent Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee meeting that the demolition will open up significant opportunities for future development in Joliet.
Trespassing has been a major concern at the abandoned site, with a group uncovering a man's dead body inside the flooded pump building in July of last year.
Since 2011, the city has been working on the reconstruction of the Joliet site.
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