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Just months after opening the new $56 million Veterans Memorial Building and Senior Center, Redwood City is seeking a contractor to demolish the existing center, which once stood as a gathering place for local families and a training ground for football stars.
The city has begun accepting bids for the demolition at 1455 Madison Ave., which would take down the existing 25,000-square-foot center and annex building. The demolition would include the removal of hazardous materials and existing foundations, the cutting and capping of existing utility services for the buildings, as well as surface restoration, soil amendment and grass replanting.
The city’s bid solicitor, Nyal Nunn, said on Thursday that no firms have filed bids yet, though seven have downloaded plans and could be considered “potential bidders”: Brunson Construction, Central Coast Builders Association, Galeb Paving, Inc., iDrill Engineering Inc., Unlimited Environmental, Inc., Evans Brothers Inc. and SGLC Consulting and Demolition.
After nearly a decade of planning and pandemic-related construction delays, the center’s May ribbon-cutting was to celebrate the new facility, which was meant to expand recreation, wellness programs, senior services, community events and veteran recognition in Redwood City.
The building features a 279-seat auditorium, multipurpose rooms, wellness and fitness areas, a revamped commercial kitchen for the city’s senior lunch program, a gym with half of a basketball court and indoor pickleball and volleyball arenas, as well as an auxiliary community space. Free and low-cost programs currently offered for seniors are expected to remain so.
Artistically, the building also features multimedia exhibits commemorating veterans, the Redwood City’s NFL Alumni Association, and the San Francisco 49ers, who trained at the facility from 1966 to 1988, according to Tanisha Werner, the city’s director of engineering and transportation.
The request for bids went live on Aug. 12 and will remain open until Aug. 31 at 1:30 p.m.
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