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Rolling Acres Mall is coming down.

The Beacon Journal reports that demolition of the interior part of the long-closed mall has gotten underway, with the area between the former Sears and Dillard's stores the first target of the demolition crews.

The city of Akron took over the mall property after a long foreclosure process ended earlier this year.

Most of Rolling Acres' former department stores are not coming down - they're owned by private businesses now.

But the former JC Penney store was donated to the city of Akron, and will be torn down separately.

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The Northfield Center Township house that exploded, and where four family members died, will be coming down next week.

Township officials say that an EPA waiting period is over

Trustee Paul Buescher says that the bank holding the mortgage on the home will bring in demolition crews on Monday morning.

"The contractor picked up a permit from our township, and then he had to go to the EPA because the EPA had a 10 day holding on it," Buescher tells WAKR.net, "you know, to check it out for asbestos and everything."

Buescher says since the home was built in 1994, asbestos wasn't a problem, so the hold is now complete.

He says neighbors will finally start seeing the house coming down on Monday.