 The DDA voted to give the demolition contract to Detroit-based Adamo Demolition.for a lump sum amount of $1,445,888, according to an article in the "Detroit Free Press".On July 12, 2009 it was disclosed in the Detroit newspapers that local developer Dionysia Properties LLC, which has developed six loft projects around the city in recent years, had asked Detroit city officials to give it two weeks to conduct a structural inspection of the Lafayette Building in hopes of saving it.