Mecklenburg County and the Peebles Corporation are in a standoff over a contractual obligation for the Peebles Corp. to demolish the former education building near Marshall Park by the end of July.
The agreement is part of the Brooklyn Village development project. The developer, Donahue Peebles, says demolishing the building by the end of next month is impossible.
“We physically couldn’t do it if we wanted to,” he said. “If they put a gun to my head and said they were going to shoot me, they’d have to shoot me because I couldn’t do it.”…