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Fort Lauderdale staff outline options, timeline for a new city hall and site choices
Summary
City staff told commissioners they will seek an owner’s representative, prepare design criteria and present site options (three city‑owned parcels downtown) as part of work to replace or relocate city hall; staff expects demolition work on the current site to finish by late February or early March.
Ben Rogers, acting assistant city manager, presented a City Hall update to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission on Jan. 7, summarizing demolition progress, a solicitation for an owner’s representative, a design-criteria package and downtown site options for a future city hall.
Rogers said demolition on the current city hall site is nearly complete, with dewatering and subsurface work permitted and the city expecting to deliver a vacant, fenced parcel “probably by the end of February or early March.” He said the city has an active solicitation for an owner’s representative with the bid period extended to Jan. 15…
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