Broad Street Market brick building construction in March.
The price tag for the Broad Street Market rebuild has increased due to unexpected expenses.
At a City Council meeting Tuesday, Harrisburg officials shared that the total estimated project cost will jump from $20.8 million to $23.7 million, with some of the change due to the collapse of a wall on site.
In September 2025, the city estimated that the cost to rebuild the fire-damaged brick building would be about $23 million. However, that number lowered to $20.8 million once construction contracts were in place, explained City Solicitor Neil Grover. Officials say that number is now closer to the original projection, due to about $3.2 million in unexpected change orders.
A big chunk of those change orders stem from the collapse of a wall of the brick building in December. Debbie Reihart, city project manager, said that shoring work to stabilize the structure after the collapse costs about $2.5 million.
To cover the costs, Harrisburg expects that it can get another $3 million from insurance proceeds and wants to draw down $2.2 million from its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fund, federal money awarded to the city.
City Council is slated to vote on the budget reallocation at its next meeting. Council Vice President Lamont Jones has questioned the high price tag of the project.
Reihart explained that the high cost of building materials, the historic nature of the building, and the unexpected wall collapse all have contributed to the cost increase.
Construction is slated to be completed by May 2027, Reihart said.
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