Crews started to demolish the longtime restaurant at 905 Main Ave. Thursday morning, Feb. 20. More than half of the building's outer shell was gone by 10 a.m. as heavy machinery drove over the rubble.

The lot is owned by BNSF Railway, and they’re looking for someone to lease the land.

“We don’t have any current plans for the site, but we’re open to another business leasing it,” said Amy McBeth, BNSF’s director of public affairs for Manitoba, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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McBeth said interested parties can reach her directly at Amy.Mcbeth@bnsf.com .

“They can contact me and I can put them in touch with our real estate team,” she said.

The current full appraised value of the parcel is $1.489 million. The demolition will remove the McDonald’s building and its foundation, which covers approximately 5,126 square feet of the 69,444 square-foot lot.

McDonald's owner and operator Kevin Cook had confirmed the location would close in December 2019 due to a lease expiration. Its doors shut for good on Dec. 31, 2019, with the Main Avenue employees being offered jobs at the franchisee’s other area locations.

"McDonald’s reviews its restaurant portfolio on a regular basis to make the best decisions for our business moving forward," Cook said in December 2019. "Closing a restaurant is a difficult decision in any town but we look forward to continuing to serve our customers at our other McDonald’s restaurants in the neighboring communities.”