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Article: City, state poised to pay for Seneca Hotel cleanup.
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- The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2006
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Byline: Mike Pramik
Feb. 16--City and state officials are preparing to pay for cleanup of the dilapidated Seneca Hotel, which could advance a developer's plan to convert the longdormant property into apartments and shops.
Ohio Development Director Bruce E. Johnson has recommended that the state Controlling Board approve a $750,000 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund grant to aid Campus Apartments Inc., a development firm based in Philadelphia.
Campus Apartments plans to build up to 96 apartments and provide 15,000 square feet of retail space inside the 89-year-old Seneca, which has been abandoned since 1987.
Upon the grant approval, Capitol ...