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City council approved disposal of the city-owned property in January to make way for a new grocery store on the southern portion of the property pending future rezoning approvals from community to commercial uses.
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The city also must still approve a severance of the southern three-acre portion of the property from the four-acre northern property slated for residential towers and condominiums.
Holding provisions will be in place to ensure all studies are done on the property to meet municipal requirements before construction begins.
Author of the article: Derek Baldwin
Publishing date: Jan 26, 2021 • January 26, 2021 • 3 minute read • A work crew from Landshark Drilling carrjed out environmental testing on the former Ben Bleecker site in July on behalf of a prospective purchaser at the time who had made a conditional offer on the property to the City of Belleville. DEREK BALDWIN FILE PHOTO jpg, BI
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City council approved Monday the disposal of the city-owned former Ben Bleecker Auditorium property in the West Hill of Belleville.
The seven-acre parcel was leased by the Belleville Agricultural Society for decades from the city but the society surrendered its lease as part of a major relocation scheme approved by the city to new city lands at Highway 37 and Black Diamond Road.