Demolition crews started work Wednesday to raze the old Caruso II building on property recently bought by the city of Santa Clarita, as the city prepares to build the new Canyon Country Community Center there.
The project site is on the northeast corner of Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway.
The city expects to begin construction in the spring, and the new Canyon Country Community Center is tentatively scheduled to open in late 2020.
The new center will replace the existing temporary community center on Flying Tiger Drive at Sierra Highway.
The demolition, including the foundations and hardscape areas, will take approximately two to three weeks. Reusable parts will be separated and sent to a recycling center.
The Caruso II building was the last privately owned property to be acquired and is now being removed in order for the city to move forward with implementing the Community Center Master Plan, adopted by the Santa Clarita City Council in June 2016.
The new facility will serve as a landmark welcoming people to Canyon Country. The center will be a community hub offering cultural enrichment in the form of classes, activities, programs and more, for both youth and adults. It will also have an outdoor event space and offer workshops for personal and professional development.
The city continues to work on completing the construction documents for this project and anticipates the project will go out to bid this fall.
For more information, visit the Santa Clarita 2020 website at SantaClarita2020.com, or contact Parks Planning Manager Wayne Weber at wweber@santa-clarita.com or 661-255-4961.
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The headline is scary. I thought Caruso 2 had been flattened.