Former industrial site in Belfast to be razed for future development
Demolition has begun on former commercial and industrial buildings in Belfast’s downtown to make way for the cleanup of contaminated soils on the site and for future development.
The Bangor Daily News reported that the building on Washington Street in Belfast previously housed a blacksmith shop, car dealership and coal gasification plant.
Central Maine Power, which had operated the plant in the 1930s, is responsible for the cleanup of the contaminated soils left there. The cleanup is expected to take more than four months and cost at least $1.8 million.
The buildings and 1.3-acre lot are owned by Eunice Palmer and her daughter, Diane Bergey, according to the BDN. They would like to develop thousands of square feet of retail space and more than a dozen apartments on the property, but no specific plans were reported.
Palmer’s husband, Dale Palmer, began to buy up the properties nearly 40 years ago, Bergey told the BDN.
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