“The township has been working over the last three years to secure funding, perform our due diligence and coordinate all of our resource partners to make this possible,” Harrison Twp. Administrator Kris McClintick said this week of the demolition project.
The Lofty Oaks Lane condominiums were originally built in 1975, according to property records. In October 2019, the units were among a round of hearings on dangerous properties. Scott Jones, an owner of one of the units, said during the hearing that the condo association was supposed to be carrying insurance on the building, but he later learned from the insurance company that the policy had been cancelled. Jones told trustees he had been paying another occupant the condo association fees each month.
Township officials obtained the funds necessary to raze the condos, as well as other Harrison Twp. properties damaged by the tornadoes, through a $109,000 Community Development Block Grant approved by Montgomery County commissioners last summer.
“It’s a lingering reminder of what happened,” McClintick said in 2021 when the township stepped up its efforts to remove the large eyesore that continues to blight the area. The condos overlook a primary crossing between Harrison Twp. and Dayton, along Shoup Mill Road. “(Removing) this is critical to help the community finalize healing and move on to the next phase and rebuilding.”
The demolition work will be completed by FCS Construction Services Inc. from Dayton.
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