Moving the 1.8-million-pound structure will take eight days and cost about $2.4 million.Vacant since 1988 and last used as a group care home, the house is being moved to make way for a new $20-million transit hub that will include a parking ramp, bus facilities and possibly some retail space. The house will be moved by Stubbs Building and House Movers of Orono, MN, in conjunction with International Chimney Corp. of Buffalo, NY, which also supervised the move of the Shubert Theater in Downtown Minneapolis in 1999.
The building will be turned over to the Historic Irvine Park Association, which by working with the West Seventh Street Federation, will enlist a private developer to refurbish the house into about five or six condominiums. Another $1 million or so in private funds is expected to go into its renovation.
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