Subcommittee approves long-term lease for National Civil Rights Museum
The executive subcommittee approved a 50-year lease with a renewal option for the National Civil Rights Museum’s Lorraine Motel, shifting ongoing maintenance responsibility to the state and waiving advertisement and appraisal due to the long association with the foundation.
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Deputy Commissioner John Hall of the Department of General Services asked the executive subcommittee to approve a long-term disposal-by-lease for the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis and said the proposed agreement would be a 50-year lease with a renewal option. "We have been working closely with Dr. Wigginton's team and Ashley to create a new long term 50 year lease agreement with a renewal option for an additional 25 years," Hall told the panel.
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