Puyallup council hears 90% design, $25.4 million budget for new police station at Benaroya site

The City of Puyallup presented an update on Feb. 11 showing the tenant-improvement design for a new police station and emergency operations center at the Benaroya South Hill technology center has reached roughly a 90% construction-document level and remains on schedule and on budget for its phase‑1 scope.

The briefing matters because the project moves the city’s primary public‑safety operations to South Hill, consolidating the police department, emergency operations center (EOC) and community space in a leased building and freeing up previously bonded funds. City finance staff said the phase‑1 cost is $25.4 million, funded with $1.6 million in cash and approximately $23.8 million in proposed councilmanic bonds.

Brett Hanson, architect with McKinsey Architecture, told council the design team has completed an extensive round of staff and vendor coordination and that pricing from the landlord for the 45% design…