Old National grocery store being torn down

Demolition of the old National Grocery building, located next to McDonald’s, began at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. The building had been vacant for 19 years.
Heritage Haulers, co-owned by Jacob Duhon of Abbeville, was awarded the contract to demolish the 46-year-old building.
Two excavators began demolition at the center of the structure and will proceed outward, removing walls, AC units, ventilation ducts, and other materials.
After the interior is cleared, the four exterior walls will be removed. Debris will be sorted and transported to a landfill outside Vermilion Parish. The concrete slab will remain.
The project is expected to take at least two weeks to complete.
The demolition is being carried out by the same company constructing a new plasma center in the former National Grocery parking lot.
Earlier this year, “PP Abbeville La. Owner LLC” was listed as the owner of the new plasma center, which is under construction and expected to open this summer after demolition of the old National Supermarket building is complete.