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Pima County unveils downtown space plan to downsize footprint and refurbish offices; several properties targeted for future sale
Summary
County staff presented a multi-year plan to rightsize downtown office space, refresh interiors, and potentially sell older buildings, including 97 East Congress and 32 North Stone; build-out costs estimated at $2–3 million per floor and a phased timeline through 2031 was discussed.
Pima County staff on Tuesday presented a downtown space plan that would reduce the county’s footprint in older buildings, renovate occupied floors for efficiency and daylighting, and eventually market selected properties for sale.
Project design and construction staff member Mr. DeBonas told the Board that the county occupies 14 downtown buildings and that older structures have deferred maintenance and higher operating costs. "So budget was made mention of. And so there's an operating cost to the buildings that we occupy. Many of them are aged buildings in the downtown area," Mr. DeBonas said.
The plan’s three-part strategy — rightsizing, refreshing and revitalizing — calls for consolidating staff into renovated floors and, over time, making up to two or three buildings available for private use and tax revenue. Mr. DeBonas said the team’s preliminary estimate for renovating a floor is about $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, with roughly a year for…
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