Concrete and steel recycled at Akron, Ohio, mall demolition site

Concrete, tile and steel from a mall demolition site in Akron, Ohio, is being recycled, a report by the Akron-Beacon Journal says. Rolling Acres Mall closed in 2008 after the electricity was turned off for nonpayment.

The mall was obtained by the city after eight years of legal maneuvering, the report says, and demolition began in October. Demolition of the site is taking longer than scheduled.

Eslich Wrecking, Louisville, Ohio, is in charge of the project.

According to the report, the company has sold 638 tons of steel to Canton, Ohio-based TimkenSteel for melting and processing into raw material and the concrete will be crushed and used to fill in the basement-level of the structure’s former food court or sent to the Ohio Department of Transportation for road projects.

After demolition is complete, the city of Akron is looking to redevelop the site, the report says, but officials are not sure of what the redevelopment will be.