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UPDATE: City Attorney’s office asks judge to set date for Cheeburger Cheeburger building demolition

Pedestrians gather before Chattanooga emergency personnel arrive at the scene where the front of the Cheeburger Cheeburger building collapsed at the intersection of Aquarium Way and Market Street on Wednesday just before 2 p.m. in downtown Chattanooga.
Pedestrians gather before Chattanooga emergency personnel arrive at the scene where the front of the Cheeburger Cheeburger building collapsed at the intersection of Aquarium Way and Market Street on Wednesday just before 2 p.m. in downtown Chattanooga. Pedestrians gather before Chattanooga emergency personnel arrive at the scene where the front of the Cheeburger Cheeburger building collapsed at the intersection of Aquarium Way and Market Street on Wednesday just before 2 p.m. in downtown Chattanooga.

By Mike Pare 4 min read

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UPDATE: Marissa Bell, a spokeswoman for the city, said today that the City Attorney’s office has filed a court request asking a judge to set a date for demolishing the structure.

A Chattanooga contractor who planned to tear down a partially collapsed building near the Tennessee Aquarium says he won’t move ahead because of a payment dispute with the structure’s owner.

“I was trying to help the owner out,” said Ty Edwards, president of T. Gene Edwards Inc. “He doesn’t want help.”

Edwards said today he has rescinded a demolition permit which was earlier filed with the city. He said there was “a contract negotiation failure” with the building’s owner.