The city issued a permit Jan. 7 for Realco Recycling Co. Inc. to start partial demolition at a 69-year-old building in San Marco slated for conversion into professional offices.
Realco Recycling will gut the interior of the two-story main building and tear down a one-story structure that covered a pool and spa in the back of the property at a cost of $50,000, according to the permit.
Developer Bill Ware intends to buy the building at 1939 Hendricks Ave. and start on the project for completion by summer. It is at northeast Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue.
He estimates work will start in the first quarter on the estimated $3 million project, which includes the purchase price, and be completed in four to five months.