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Glendale staff confirm May 18 move‑in for new City Hall; ribbon cutting planned June 18 with time capsule set for 2060
Summary
City staff told council the downtown campus is nearing substantial completion and departments are expected to occupy the new City Hall on May 18, 2026. A ribbon-cutting is planned for June 18 and staff proposed installing a new time capsule to be opened June 18, 2060.
City staff updated the Glendale City Council on April 28 on progress at the Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project, saying construction and landscaping have advanced enough to allow department move‑in on May 18, 2026 and a celebratory ribbon cutting on June 18.
Eddie Garcia, speaking for the DCRP team, said much of the hardscape work is complete, the amphitheater lawn has been sodded and the stage slab is in place. "We're getting ready to occupy the building for May 18th," Garcia said, describing the plan for a temporary certificate of occupancy that would allow departments to start operations before all finish work—including chamber punch‑list items and owner‑provided amphitheater technology—are complete.
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