http://hpherald.com/2013/10/09/demo-...n-for-city-hp/
Demo to begin for City HP
By LINDSAY WELBERS OCT 9, 2013
The old buildings at the Village Shopping Center should be demolished in coming weeks.
Peter Cassel, director of community development for Antheus Capital, told the 53rd Street TIF Advisory Council on Monday, Sept. 30, that the buildings should be gone by the end of the year.
Construction on the 17-story building that will eventually house 110,000 square feet of retail including a Whole Foods, 182 apartments, and two levels of underground parking, would begin early next year.
...Cassel also announced that
three greystones between 5110 and 5114 S. Harper Ave. will be demolished. Antheus bought the properties in 2008, he said, as a defensive move when they were “a rat-infested mess.”
Antheus has been unable to find a way to rehab the buildings affordably, so to accommodate the retailers’ and neighborhoods demand for more parking the lots the houses occupy will be turned into a
28 space paid parking lot.