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Des Moines Plans To Bulldoze Former Monfort Plant
The property is slated to be redeveloped for a $70 municipal services center.
DES MOINES, IA — Demolition of the former Monfort meat-packing plant on the city's southeast side could cost $2.8 million. The City Council will vote today on a plan to raze the building at 1700 Maury St. to make way for a planned $70 municipal services center.
Monfort closed the plant abruptly in 1996, laying off more than 1,300 people. The property, which carried an assessed value of more than $4.69 million when it operated as a rendering facility, is now valued at $231,000, according to records from the Polk County Assessor's Office.
S&P Properties purchased the defunct meat-processing facility in 1999 from ConAgra Foods Inc. for $300,000. The company offered the 12-acre site to the city for $4.1 million, The Des Moines Register reported.
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The city plans to accept demolition bids through Dec. 19 and a public hearing on the demolition contract will be held at 5 p.m. Jan. 8 in the temporary council chambers at 1551 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
Photo via Polk County Assessor's Office
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