Milwaukee is moving to wipe a scorched U-Haul storage complex off the map on the Near South Side, after inspectors found the massive structure was beyond saving and carried trace amounts of asbestos. The 340,000-square-foot facility at 1500 S. 1st St., the site of a five-alarm blaze on Jan. 21, is now headed for demolition and environmental cleanup under a city raze permit. Neighbors and renters who relied on the rows of storage units are still sorting out what they lost and waiting for word on when crews will actually roll in.
Raze permit flags asbestos and an estimated $200,000 demolition
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a raze permit filed with the city notes that the building’s window glazing contained trace amounts of asbestos,…..