Brown School Abatement & Demolition Project
August 20, 2025August 19, 2025
Brown School Abatement & Demolition Project
The City is advancing demolition work for the unusable gymnasium and associated later additions, in advance of a sale to ZETA INSITE for adaptive reuse of the former Brown School as affordable housing.
The City’s contractor will be mobilizing construction fencing surrounding the site beginning the week of August 25, 2025. Remediation and offsite disposal of hazardous materials within the building will be completed over a roughly 3-4-week period going through September, followed by roughly a week or so of selective (phased) demolition heading into October. The contractor has until November 14, 2025 to complete the work, but is expected to finish sooner. During this time, the playground, asphalt school yard, and all on-site parking areas will be closed to the general public.
Site improvements and renovations to the historical school building as affordable housing will be permitted and undertaken by ZETA INSITE at a future date.
For additional compiled information regarding the former Brown School building and site, including prior site and architectural studies, the 2024 Request for Proposals (RFP), and details of the proposed adaptive reuse by ZETA INSITE, visit the Brown School Adaptive Reuse webpage here.
