San Antonio bar owner Vince Cantu is waging a legal battle on the Alamo grounds after refusing state offers to buy his land, prompting an eminent domain vote.
"I've been working with the state to try to negotiate a price that would be fair to me and my family,""The value of my property is going to skyrocket," Cantu added."I want the future value as well as today's value if I'm going to walk away from it."Alamo Trust partnered with the city of San Antonio and the Texas General Land Office to oversee the renovation project and has spearheaded negotiations with Cantu.
"The Texas General Land Office has made every attempt to negotiate in good faith with Mr. Cantu to ensure he is fairly compensated while also preserving the Shrine of Texas Liberty for generations to come," Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham told Fox News in a statement. "Ironically, last year, Mr. Cantu protested his property value on the tax rolls— stating the property is worth roughly $500,000. Now that Texans’ tax dollars are at stake, he has demanded over 30 times that value," she added."In addition to offering him eight times what he stated his property is worth, we have offered to build and move him into a property across the street – which he has declined.
The Alamo, a Spanish mission, was erected in 1716 and is best known as the 1836 site of the Battle of the Alamo, a pivotal event in Texas history."I would definitely say that the business is going to be worth around $4 million and the property is gonna be worth over $5 million, if you look out five and 10 years from now," he said.
Cantu's bar is"the last holdout" preventing the Alamo Trust from beginning construction on the Alamo museum, the
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