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XINZHENG CITY, China - The government of Xinzheng city, Henan province, has confirmed a recent forced eviction and house demolition and promised to investigate further and punish those responsible, China Daily learned on Tuesday.

The residents of a house next to State Road 107 in the city's Longhu township were forcibly evicted early on Friday morning, according to the city government. Police were dispatched to the scene.

"At present, a joint investigation team sent by the city's Party committee and the government is investigating and will see that those responsible are punished in accordance with the law after the investigation is completed," the government said.

Investigators have not yet determined who was responsible.

The house owner, named Zhang Hongwei, built the four-story house on 420 square meters in 2008 without approval from the authority, according to city government sources.

On April 12, 2012, some 100 houses including Zhang's along State Road 107 had to be demolished for a road project, and only Zhang objected.

In January 2014, Zhang was told of the need to demolish his house for a subway construction project, but he still refused in an attempt to obtain more compensation, the government sources said.

Zhang, 40, said he and his wife were awakened and driven out of their house in the early morning of Aug 8, and they were taken by car to a cemetery some kilometers away.

"We were detained there by some young people for four hours and our house had been torn down when we went back in the morning," Zhang said.

Zhang said the four-story house cost nearly 500,000 yuan (S$102,000) to build, but the people who talked to him about its demolition told him the standard compensation was only 690 yuan per square meter, which he considered too low.

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City vows to tackle 'demolition epidemic' threatening livability

Mayor Charlie Hales is convinced the city needs to act quickly to prevent more historic homes from being demolished and replaced with infill developments.

The existing system is not working. When historic homes are replaced by one or two new ones, you lose the character of neighborhoods, Hales says.

According to Hales, staff members in his office have already begun meeting to discuss policy options. He expects to announce one or more proposals soon.

It will be a matter of weeks, not months, Hales says.

Hales says he became convinced of the problem during the July 31 City Council meeting that turned into a lively forum on demolition and other growth-related issues. It was originally scheduled so the council could receive annual reports from two commissions that advise on related matters, the Portland Landmarks Commission and the Portland Design Commission.

But preservationists and neighborhood activists alarmed by the increasing number of residential demolitions took the opportunity to present their concerns to the council. And both commissions supported their testimony, with local architect Brian Emerick, chairman of the landmarks commission, declaring Portlands livability is threatened by a demolition epidemic.

Hales praised those who testified for presenting a compelling case that existing city policies intended to preserve historic properties are not working, especially now that the economy is improving and many people want to live in close-in Portland neighborhoods that contain a large number of older homes that can be replaced.

It was an excellent hearing. The people who testified made a very reasonable case that something should be done to save historic home and the answer is yes, says Hales.

Still, there are a number of challenges for Hales.

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Updated: Tuesday, August 12 2014, 06:21 PM EDT

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PHILIPSBURG, Pa. -- In a slight twist of fate, Mother Nature decided to speed up the demolition process on a Centre County building by about 12 hours.

Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Monday residents along Pine Street in Philipsburg heard popping and crashing sounds coming from the former Navasky Building. Slated for demolition Wednesday, neighbors were concerned their worst fears were happening.

"We heard a couple of explosions. I thought the whole building was going to come down," Philipsburg resident Edward Utley said. "We had two vehicles parked out here and the whole wall started shaking, and we thought we were doing to lose our vehicles so we moved them."

What came crashing down, as high winds and rain moved through the area, was five to six tons of bricks and concrete, as a 30-foot wall gave way.

As the bricks and walls came down, so did a power line, knocking out powering to more than 800 homes in the Philipsburg area.

Neighbors said they have been concerned about the building for some time. The old factory was gutted by fire in June and it sits near a bus stop.

"My kids stand here every morning and get off here every afternoon, so it's a concern for me being a resident," Utley said.

Philipsburg Borough Manager Joel Watson he's heard the neighborhood concerns.

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Demolition began Tuesday on the old restaurant building at Olive Avenue and G Street to make way for a new AutoZone. VICTORA.PATTONvpatton@mercedsunstar.com

A long-empty restaurant building in north Merced bit the dust Tuesday to make way for an auto parts store more than twice its size.

A demolition crew used heavy machinery to knock down the more than 3,000-square-foot building that most recently housed Wimpys Breakfast & Burgers, but was also once home to Lyons Restaurant and Perkos Cafe. The building stood since 1975, but has been empty since February 2013.

The developer plans to put a 6,810-square-foot AutoZone in its place on the corner of G Street and Olive Avenue, according to city records. The area around the store will need upgrades to accommodate parking and change some of the buildings design.

The store is expected to employ about 10 people when it opens in late November or early December, according to Maria Mendoza, a development associate with the city.

Typical hours for an AutoZone store are 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. There will be no auto repair or service taking place at the site, according to city records.

Assuming construction crews meet the target date, the new location will add to the list of retail stores that opened this year in Merced. Retail chain stores Chipotle Mexican Grill, Panera Bread and Harbor Freight Tools opened new locations in town.

Retail jobs make up a considerable portion of the market in Merced County.

About 12 percent of the people working at a nonfarm job in the county are employed by a retail store. The retail sector provides about 7,400 of the 60,900 nonfarm jobs in the county, according to the most recent numbers from the Employment Development Department.

Sun-Star staff writer Thaddeus Miller can be reached at (209) 385-2453 or tmiller@mercedsunstar.com.

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Employees with Superior Demolition, Inc., including Justin Pleus, who was using a water hose to dampen the dust, have started the demolition of the buildings at 496 and 498 Southland Dr. to make room for a new HealthFirst public health clinic in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, August 12, 2014. HealthFirst, a nonprofit, serves about 15,000 patients a year at a clinic at 650 Newtown Pike. That clinic will continue to operate when the Southland location opens. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff HERALD-LEADER|BuyPhoto

With the roaring crescendo of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture ringing in his ears, Dr. Rice Leach enthusiastically pumped his arm and hollered, "Yesssss!" as the demolition began.

It's been four years since Leach, Fayette County's health commissioner, announced an $11.7 million federal grant to build a new public health clinic. On Tuesday, Leach and a handful of others celebrated as demolition began on the clinic site on Southland Drive. Leach had pre-recorded the music just for the occasion.

About a dozen yellow bricks from the two buildings that are coming down at 496 Southland were set aside as souvenirs. Dr. Deborah Stanley, HealthFirst medical director, took one. She smiled non-stop as the walls came down.

Soon construction will begin and when the clinic opens in October 2015 it will serve about 20,000 patients a year, she said.

Demolition has been a long time coming because the project has been mired in controversy. Since it was announced in 2010, previous health commissioner Dr. Melinda Rowe and former HealthFirst Bluegrass executive director William North were both forced to resign; the boards of HealthFirst and the Fayette-County Health Department feuded and were rebuilt with new members; State Auditor Adam Edelen investigated the land deal that brought the clinic to Southland and federal regulators watched from afar as deadline after deadline to spend the money passed.

Work on Southland Drive stalled in January 2013 so the historic value of the properties could be determined.

HealthFirst Bluegrass, an independent non-profit, will operate the clinic while Leach and his staff at the Lexington Fayette County Health Department will concentrate on its core missions of disease control and prevention, restaurant inspections and enforcing laws like the smoking ordinance.

"This is a big day," said HealthFirst Bluegrass executive director Dr. Steve Davis. "This is a big day for us and a big day for Lexington. I just want to thank everybody who helped us get here."

Mary Meehan: (859) 231-3261. Twitter: @bgmoms. Blog: bluegrassmoms.comMary Meehan: (859) 231-3261. Twitter: @bgmoms. Blog: bluegrassmoms.com

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