The demolition of the vacant CVS Pharmacy building at Snelling and University avenues, which had been planned for Monday, has been rescheduled to March 16.
“Our office just got word from the contractor that it will be next Monday,” wrote St. Paul City Council Member Molly Coleman, on social media, late Sunday night. “For those who had parties planned for tomorrow, I’m sorry to say it will be one more week.”
The city has hired Veit Construction to handle the structural removal and costs will be assessed to the property owner as part of their property tax bill. Monday’s demolition was dependent on the weather and contractor availability.
CVS closed at the site in 2020, after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis triggered widespread riots, vandalism and looting, and then reopened before permanently shuttering in April 2022 as the national pharmacy chain retrenched from urban areas nationally.
The site, a flashpoint for debate in last year’s mayoral election, drew as many as 40 loiterers at a time, open air drug sales and frequent vandalism before its parking lot was fenced off.
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