Crews were at the building on Tuesday.
SAN ANTONIO — Movement at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures has at least one group upset.
Crews were working on the building Tuesday doing what appeared to be demolition. This is potentially the site for a new Spurs arena in the future. But this “construction” comes just a week after a lawsuit was filed to delay any work on the building.
However, officials with UTSA says it is not what it appears to be, telling us the work isn’t demolition but ‘remediation’ related to asbestos abatement.
We’re told a contractor is removing some concrete panels from one side of the Texan Pavilion to access the upper floors.
But the San Antonio Conservation Society, who filed that suit to preserve the building, isn’t convinced.
The Conservation Society says the state has granted UTSA a demolition permit for the building with restrictions and was expecting that work to begin in the summer.
The group plans to file a temporary restraining order to stop the work on Wednesday.