West Carrollton awards $662K contract to tear down former Carrollton Plaza

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By Nick Blizzard
Oct 24, 2018
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A project to tear down a shopping center and another to build a $4.5 million volleyball complex featuring a restaurant and bar are moving ahead in West Carrollton.

The city council Tuesday night approved a measure to award a contract to demolish the 13-acre Carrollton Plaza near Interstate 75 and the Great Miami River.

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The council also considered the sale of seven acres where the 82,000-square-foot, indoor/outdoor athletic facility and restaurant/bar is planned at the former site of a paper mill on Central Avenue.

The land sale is expected to be voted on next month.

The demolition of the shopping plaza — the former site of Roberds — also is set to start next month.

RELATED: Carrollton Plaza demolition expected soon; entertainment targeted for site

Green City Demolition won a $662,450 contract to clear the Dixie Drive site where the city wants to attract a user to anchor a multi-million dollar entertainment district along the river.

The volleyball complex site proposed by Spikeit LLC is not part of the district.

But city officials say the plan that includes 17 sand courts and 350 parking spaces should attract hundreds of people to the city each night.

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Nick Blizzard is a staff writer for the Dayton Daily News. He is a graduate of Stebbins High School who earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and its E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Nick is a Riverside native who has lived in Huber Heights and Kettering. He has been a journalist in the Dayton area for more than 25 years.