The City of Danville has agreed to purchase a building that was going to be a VAPE store and will demolish the building. It will be part of a 2 acre site at the corner of Fairchild and Vermilion that the city plans to use for commercial development.
Danville will pay about 310 thousand dollars for the building at 8 Fairchild. Discussion at Tuesday’s council meeting indicated that the price is much higher than what the current owner paid for it. The city had expressed interest in the property when it was sold before, but engineer Sam Cole says the previous owner would not allow Danville to do an environmental assessment.
Danville recently was awarded a nearly one million dollar grant to remove contaminated soil in the site.
Once the city gets control, the Royal Vape store will be demolished. The Vape store has been planned for months, but never opened. The Danville school district had opposed the Vape store because it was so close to Danville high School.
The council Tuesday also Authorized application to the Illinois Housing Development Authority for up to $750,000 with no city match for securing, for maintaining and demolishing abandoned properties. Fence replacement at Fetch Dog Park for $56,500 was also approved. The funds are from the Julius W. Hegeler II Foundation.
