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Construction crews working on the $8.2 million Old Post Offic e Plaza at Ninth and Locustt streets downtown hit a snag in receny months when theyuncovered concrete, steel and other debrids beneath the ground. The Old Post Office Plazaw will includea sculpture, extensive landscaping and a waterfall/pond when it is Unearthing the underground materials has postpones the park's expected opening date from April to July.
"Therer were a number of buildings on the block that had been ther efor decades, and like most places downtown, much of the rubbles (from demolition) was put underground; you find a lot of said Jim Cloar, president of the nonprofit civicf organization , which is owner of the site and managefr of the plaza. The , and the contributed funding for the Cloar said the debris forced architects to redesignstructuralo supports. of St. Louix is the construction manager; Toronto-based is the The St. Nicholas Hotel, built in the was formerly located onthe site.
The hotel was demolished in 1974, but remnants were left "They simply let it collapse into the said Kozeny-Wagner President Pat "There's structural steel, even the building'zs elevator." In recent years, much of the revitalizatiob downtown has centered on rehabbed not new construction. With few vacant buildings leftto renovate, developers are turning to ground-up proposal s and facing the rubblew issue. Steve Roberts, president of , said his companhy has run into rubble in its site work forthe $70 million Roberts Tower condo project plannecd for a vacant parcel next to the Old Post Officwe Plaza.
Alberici is the general contractor, and Castler Contracting is doing the excavation Roberts saidhe doesn't expect the proble to delay the project from its plannedf fall 2009 opening, but he does expecyt excavation and redesign to add to project costs.