Tearing down a massive eyesore just east of Dunkin’ Park could start as soon as this summer, clearing a property where the city of Hartford hopes to build an applied artificial intelligence center paired with other development, all part of the larger, North Crossing development.

The city expects a $6 million state grant to largely cover the estimated $9.4 million cost of demolishing the former bank processing center on Windsor Street. The city already has $1.4 million set aside for the tearing down of the bunker-like structure — now in advanced decay, hastened in recent years by vandalism and looting.

The city, which took control of the 3-acre property in 2015, now hopes to close the financing gap for the demolition by moving $2 million from a now stalled, mixed-use housing dev

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