Workers resumed demolition proceedings Monday on a vacant bank building in Fraser that will become the home of Macomb County’s latest Sheetz convenience store and gas station.

A work crew was at the State Bank of Fraser building on Utica at 14 Mile roads on Friday staged the demolition equipment prior to the teardown, with the store’s construction to follow.

The demo process comes one day before the first Sheetz store in Macomb County on 23 Mile Road in Chesterfield Township.

Fraser Mayor Michael Lesich, who voted against the Sheetz proposal, confirmed the demolition was expected to start up again.

“The big picture is, the company plans to move forward and take the bank down,” Lesich said Friday. “It’s been an eyesore to the community for quite a while now.”

The new development will b

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