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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Stratacache CEO: City needs to be ‘more proactive' about decaying buildings
He owns the three tallest buildings in the Miami Valley and believes the city should do more to clear out or shore up vacant and decaying downtown buildings. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] This comes almost two months after strong winds knocked the siding off a building at the Stratacache Tower, causing more than $1 million in damage. 'There were 22 windows that were kind of blown out and or damaged by huge chunks of bricks coming through windows, destroying offices,' Founder and Chief Executive of Stratacache Chris Riegel said. TRENDING STORIES: Local industrial facility closing; over 100 employees impacted Police respond after threat made at Greene County school Coroner releases cause of death for former OSU player found dead in his apartment Riegel put the price tag for repairs at almost a million dollars. He still hasn't reopened the upper floors of the parking garage or the surface parking lot. 'I mean, it's frustrating, it's a challenge,' Riegel said. Riegel also owns the former Premier Tower, but decaying downtown buildings threaten his and everyone's investments in the area. 'They can't just sit there without maintenance and care. Otherwise, this is going to happen again. And the city needs to be a little more proactive in terms of tackling that problem,' Riegel said. He estimates there are two dozen large vacant buildings downtown. One is on 34 North Main Street, another is the Fidelity building across from the Convention Center. 'It's a two-fold problem. You have the direct risk of the buildings falling down, plus also, homelessness, prostitution, drugs, all sorts of bad things that hang around these abandoned buildings,' Riegel said. A city spokesperson told News Center 7 they do not employ a structural engineer, so they are not going into buildings and must work with landlords who are often absent. The city also provided contributions to jump-start the plans to refurbish the City Center Building. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Part of busy road remains closed days after strong winds cause partial collapse of Dayton building
Parts of Main Street remain closed days after strong winds and rains caused a partial collapse of a Dayton building on Saturday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7′s Amber Jenkins will have the latest on the collapse LIVE on News Center 7 Daybreak from 4:25 a.m. to 7 a.m. TRENDING STORIES: School district announces superintendent's retirement, next person to fill role Police investigating after reported shooting in Dayton March Madness begins: Here are the teams coming to Dayton for the First Four Saturday afternoon, parts of Main Street were blocked off after heavy wind and rain caused parts of the roof of the Stratacache building to collapse. According to fire officials, the building had sat vacant for years. As of Monday morning, the section of Main Street between Second and Third Streets is still closed. Dayton resident Mike McKiernan said he heard the building collapse while he was having dinner. 'I heard a big boom while I was in the kitchen. I ran outside, and I saw smoke coming from the lower portion of the Stratacache building, and I wasn't sure what it was, it looked like fire at first, but then the wind came, blew it away, dust cleared and I wasn't sure what happened,' McKiernan said. Dayton Fire Officials confirmed that parts of the roof had collapsed and that they think heavy rain and wind caused the collapse. 'Upon further investigation, we found a parapet wall on the top floor of 34 N Main, which is the building directly adjacent to Stratacache Tower, had a collapse of about 60 ft or so of the top floor parapet wall and the floor underneath. It fell between the buildings,' Dayton Fire Chief Nick Judge said. We will continue following this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
