At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the city moved one step closer to demolishing the old Bedford Street police station in a unanimous vote to receive the property deed from former owners Wethersfield LLC, in lieu of foreclosing on it. 

According to a copy of the deed, the Chelsea-based company granted the city the abandoned and contaminated property at 158 Bedford St. as of March 14. 

Fall River has owned the decrepit building since October 2024 after an unsuccessful attempt to collect taxes on the property. 

Special Counsel Matthew J. Thomas, attorney for the city’s Finance Department, stated during the March 25 City Council Committee on Real Estate meeting that the building is severely contaminated, based on preliminary environmental reports.

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