Blaine City Council is slated to vote on a bid to demolish a dilapidated downtown building at its upcoming meeting on Monday, December 10.
For more than a year, the city has worked to demolish the building at 665 Peace Portal Drive. It was formerly occupied by the Costa Azul restaurant and is currently pest-ridden, structurally unsound and in decay.
In February, the city put out a call for bids to demolish the building and the only one received was from Wrecking Ball Demolition totaling $406,362. With the price being too high, Blaine City Council voted 6-0 to reject it.
The building shares structural supports with two other buildings directly north, including Blaine Bouquets. To reduce the cost for potential contractors, acting community development director Alex Wenger said the owner of the flower shop was ordered to complete a seismic retrofit of the building at her own expense.
Blaine City Council will decide between a $291,316 bid from R&G Construction and a $247,836 bid from Dirt Works Bellingham Inc. Once that is completed, Wenger said demolition can begin.
“I’m glad to see it move forward,” he said.
Ed. Note: This story has been updated for clarity purposes.
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