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Convention center expansion will begin demolition in May; public-art removal and footprint changes draw community attention
Summary
Vice Chair Patterson and community members updated commissioners on the Downtown Austin Convention Center expansion, including demolition timing, public-art salvage challenges and a change in plans that removes the previously proposed public-private tower component from the project footprint.
Commissioners received an update on the Austin Convention Center expansion from Vice Chair Patterson and community working-group representatives.
Patterson said demolition of the current convention center is expected to begin in May; the site will be fenced off after the upcoming South by Southwest event. She said the fall 2024 decision removed a planned ‘‘public-bridal partnership’’ tower component previously intended for mixed uses (hotel, housing or office), and that the convention center expansion will remain…
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