City of Orange's iconic clock tower is getting torn down to make way for new development

we begin with Golden Triangle growth it's out with the old and in with the new in Orange tonight the city is tearing down this iconic Clock Tower it's located at the Northway shopping center and has been around since the 70s the plan is to make room for new businesses good evening Southeast Texas I'm Brenda Matti the city is now working with the Houston company to fill the retail space in that shopping center 12 New deporter cladra Roads joins us and cladra contractors have been hard at work for a couple of weeks now yeah that's right Brenda as an orange native seeing the clock tower come down is Bittersweet but city of Orange communication director Allison Clary tells me it's necessary to create space for New Life there is some Nostalgia associated with the clock tower as a landmark or as an icon that's visible from Interstate 10 the clock tower a staple in Orange is coming down I know it's been damaged by hurricanes and storms and Beyond repair so while it's GL to see it come down it is a opportunity for growth in this area and and and that's very welcomed Northway shopping center is owned by Houston realtor company TCP the company tells 12 news after a long period of minimal activity they're remodeling the space in order to attract retail businesses the clock tower has been around since the 70s and no longer complied with code enforcement policies now Orange City leaders are welcoming change the city of Orange was excited to be working with TCP realy uh Houston to bring retail and uh investment interest to the community itself and attract new businesses and uh the opportunities that this will present will be great Allison Clary is the communication director for the city I'm originally from here she says although businesses like Market Basket and Family Dollar are present there are many vacant spaces as you can see there's a lot of opportunity here for repurposing and Redevelopment the city plans to put Northway Shopping Center to good use orange is strategically located we're right here on the interstate we the gateway to Texas where the first city that you get to from Louisiana traveling East and we're the last Taste of Texas whenever you're leaving the project is in the very early stages right now TCP realy tells me they plan to completely demolish the tower in the next 15 days clayra roads 12 News all right