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Analysis of Downtown Facility Options Feb. 3, 1995 Issue: The Facility Steering Committee has requested additional information regarding four options for meeting the facility needs of the downtown departments. The options to be studied are: 1. Remodel existing downtown buildings 2. Construct a new Public Service Building 3. Purchase the Equitable Building 4. Construct a smaller Public Service Building Background Data: All space needs contained in this report and the subcommittee's report (page 5) are based on net useable/rentable square feet. Previous reports contained errors because of the conflicting definitions for "net square footage" . Restrooms, stairways, access corridors, elevators and mechanical space are excluded. Please note that cost estimates do not contain project overhead costs such as architectural services. Current space available (net useable) Franklin 17,000 nsf (excludes leased sp. @ 4,335 ns~ Senator 43,000 nsf (exciudes leased sp. @ 4,400 ns~ CDC (Ticor) 13,000 nsf Total 73,000 nsf **** Option 1 Analysis **** Can we remodel the Franklin Senator and CDC buildin s~and provide adeauate space to accommodate the downtown departments? The Franklin, Senator and CDC buildings contain 73,000 sq. ft. of useable office space. For the purpose of this analysis we have excluded the housing authority apartments (21,000 nsfl and space cunently under lease to private tenants (8,735 sq. ft.). In order to make option 1 viable, we need office space to accommodate the existing tenants of the Franklin, Senator and CDC buildings plus space for the relocation of the County offices in the Courthouse and other leased space in the downtown area. The short term space needed by downtown departments is 94,000 nsf. The differ- ence or shortfall in available downtown space is 21,000 nsf. The shortfall in 2013 increases to 36,000 nsf.