Morgan City Mayor Lee Dragna spoke to KQKI News Friday afternoon and gave an update on the city’s condemning of Inglewood Mall, which has been the location of the popular Mexican restaurant, Tampico’s, for several decades.
Signs were placed at each entrance of the mall and at Tampico’s on Thursday, informing the owners and customers that the structure was condemned, subject to be demolished and that no one should enter the structure due to the condition of the roof, which was exasperated by Hurricane Francine.
Tampico’s has been forced to closed as they were the last remaining tenant who leased space from the mall’s owner. Other tenants recently moved out of the mall due to recent water damage caused by the condition of the roof. As of Friday afternoon, water continues to leak from the ceiling with large amounts of standing water remaining on the floors of the mall’s corridor.
Dragna said the city is allowing electricity service to remain on until Monday to give the owners of Tampico’s ample time to transfer their stock to their Bayou Vista location.
Dragna also said officials have given the owner of the property two options, demolition or have a second party roofing contractor provide a report stating the roof is in repairable condition.