CHASING DOWN A RUMOR THAT TREY AND RAMIRO BOUGHT THE DOWNTOWN COCA-COLA BUILDING

Coca Cola Building 2021

Running into one of Brownsville's most vociferous conveyors of information at Walmart last night, we had to try to chase down the tidbit he left us with; that Mayor Trey Mendez and former City Planner and Searcher for real estate on city time, Ramiro Gonzalez, had just purchased the Coca Cola Building downtown.

We could not confirm such a purchase at the Cameron County website, but it only covers real estate transactions up to 9/23/2021.

The Coca Cola Bottling Plant at 1018 E. Washington Street, directly behind the City Commission Building, was built in 1927 and contains 11,231 square feet of space on two floors.

The legal description is: Lots 5&6, Block 65, Brownsville Original Townsite, Volume 5, Page 13, MRCC.

The most recent transactions, August 10, 2021 include the satisfying of a $12,396.02 tax lien owed by Carmen Peralta of San Antonio followed by a payment of $382,500 to Carmen Peralta by Joe Quiroga, 4906 S. Jackson Street, Edinburg, Texas.

Remember the City Commission's giveaway to Ramiro Gonzalez, allowing him to buy a single lot on Central Boulevard for a mere pittance, then gifting him two additional lots free.

Stay tuned.

Coca Cola Bottling Plant 1927