Surprise greets impending demolition of profitable airline reservation centre.
Continental closed operations at its 4,273 square metre (46,000 square foot) Tampa Reservation Center facility in September and instead of trying to rent it out again, the Hillsborough Aviation Authority is tearing the building down.
Steve Burton, the newest member of the Aviation Authority Board, says he is surprised the building is being torn down without his knowledge, but he isn’t the only one who is surprised.
Other board members, including Hillsborough County Commissioner Chairman Ken Hagan, weren’t aware until we told them the $4.25 million building, which was bringing in more than $400,000 a year in rent and paying $137,000 a year in property taxes, is about to be destroyed.
