The Wallace Elementary building, 1401 E. 12th St., has sat vacant on Des Moines northeast side since 2007. No development activity has taken place since the San Francisco based Olivet University bought the site from the Des Moines school district in 2012.(Photo: Timothy Meinch/The Register)

The empty shell of Des Moines Wallace Elementary School has deteriorated for too long on the northeast side, according to city officials.

The city declared the site a public nuisance in January and officials now contemplate demolition of the building at 1401 E. 12th St. in the Capitol Park neighborhood.

Its too bad it got to this point, really too bad, said Lorraine Eldredge, longtime resident of Capitol Park and member of the neighborhood association. Years ago they should have preserved it.

Wallace Elementary closed in 2007 along with Longfellow Elementary to merge into the new Carver Community School, at 705 E. University Ave.

The Wallace building has since sat vacant and exempt from all property taxes. The 3.3 acres of land and the building were last assessed in 2014 at $158,000, according to records with the Polk County Assessor.

Olivet University in 2012 bought the property from the Des Moines school district. The San Francisco-based private Christian college apparently had plans for expansion that never panned out, according to school and city officials who have had minimal contact with Olivet.

Its just been sitting since then with no activity, which is allowing the building to further deteriorate, said SuAnn Donovan, city zoning administrator. Weve sent them notices and tried to get in contact with them.

Officials with Olivet did not respond to questions from The Des Moines Register asked via phone calls and email this week.

City officials say the decrepit site must be secured and potentially razed. City attorneys are seeking a court order to allow such actions, Donovan said.

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CAMPAIGNERS who tried to save an historic school from demolition have been angered to see items from the building smashed up or for sale on the internet.

Hundreds of people signed a petition against demolition of the former Tudhoe Grange School, on Durham Road, Spennymoor, which closed in 2012 when it merged with Spennymoor Comprehensive and transferred to Whitworth Park School and Sixth Form College, which was developed on the Spennymoor site.

They had hoped the 1912 red brick building, which found small screen fame as a set and production base for BBC police drama George Gently, could be retained and redeveloped.

But Spennymoor Learning Community Trust and Durham County Council said the site needed to be cleared so it can be sold to generate cash for local education.

Last week heartbroken campaigners, including many former pupils, saw the landmark building razed to the ground.

They were then shocked to see features including the wooden front doors and a piano smashed among the rubble.

Other items such as teak worktops, oak cupboards, 1950s wall maps and George Gently props have also been spotted for sale online.

Campaigner Claire Coverdale said: People have had to accept we did our best but couldnt save the building, what rubs salt in the wound is how indiscriminate and wasteful it has been.

The utter waste is shocking, stone arches and chimney pots should surely have been salvaged, and things people care about such as sports trophies werent taken to Whitworth Park but thrown in a skip which is really upsetting.

The place has been pulled down around these beautiful, valuable items that people have dear memories of.

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Demolition has begun on St Teresa's Gardens in Dolphin's Barn as part of a state-funded regeneration plan. Dublin Correspondent Olivia Kelly reports.

The council is to demolish all of the more than 300 flats in the complex, most of which are empty, and to rebuild less housing on the site. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Demolition of one of Dublins largest and most dilapidated flat complexes has started ahead of a 12.5 million Dublin City Council social housing regeneration scheme.

St Teresas Gardens, next to the Coombe maternity hospital in the south inner city, was to be demolished and rebuilt as part of a Public Private Partnership (PPP), but the plans were scrapped more than five years ago, following the collapse of the property market.

The 1950s estate was earmarked for regeneration more than 10 years ago because of its poor living conditions and social problems. It has become increasingly run down since the failure of the PPP scheme with persistent sewerage and damp problems, that council engineers have been unable to resolve though maintenance measures.

The demolition started in recent days and one block has been razed, with the demolition of two more underway. Construction is expected to start around November on 50 new homes on the 2.3-hectare site. Of these, 16 will be apartments ranging from three-to-five storeys and 34 will be terraced houses two-to-three storeys high. The new housing is expected to be ready in early to mid-2017. A new park will also be created.

Two of the 16 old blocks, housing 60 flats, will be kept for some years, pending the construction of more housing. These two buildings are being stripped internally and the flats reconfigured, with 11 flats amalgamated to provide eight larger units, resulting in 57 new homes.

The councils development is considerably more modest than the planned PPP scheme. The complex was to be replaced with 300 social and affordable houses and apartments, 300 private apartments, commercial units and community buildings.

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The demolition of Mr Fluffy asbestos homes across Canberra is expected to get under way after June this year with more than half already acquired by the ACT government.

Acting Chief Minister Simon Corbell announced on Friday more than half of all homeowners had accepted offers made through the buyback program, four months before the scheme closes.

Already 511 offers have been accepted from the 1021 affected properties in the ACT.

Mr Corbell said the latest results showed many affected homeowners were taking the opportunity to move on to another property.

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"I encourage homeowners who are still considering whether or not to enter the buyback program to discuss their individual circumstances with the Asbestos Response Taskforce around what support can be provided," he said in a statement.

The government now owns 131 properties and is overseeing security and maintenance.

A pilot demolition program of a small number of affected properties will start in late March to confirm procurement, demolition and communications processes.

Two of the properties included in the pilot will be public housing.

"The Mr Fluffy response is not only an ACT government, but an ACT community response," Mr Corbell said.

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