MIDLAND (AP) — Midland Mayor Jerry Morales said he wants demolition of the vacant old Midland County courthouse to be started after July 4.
The now-city-owned courthouse was built in 1930.
Its site is to be the location for a skyscraper — or two — that would be the tallest structures in the city.
The Energy Tower at City Center project would be centerpiece of one of the fastest growing areas in the nation. Midland, in the oil-rich Permian Basin, is benefiting from the energy boom and the project would top a 24-story building that now is the city’s tallest.