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~ SECOND DRAFT ~~t Zo,ZOOo REQUEST FOR INFORMAI'ION -AND- REQUE5T FOR QUALIFICATIONS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COURTHOUSE SQUARE NORTH BLOCK NOTE: T6is is an ItFI/RFQ to scek information on potential development on t6e Courthouse Square North Block in Downtown Salem. In order to be considered by t6e Procuring Agency to receive the project RFP when it is made available, a prospective developer must resnond to this RFI/RFQ, and be determined to be qaalified to undertak~e the project. 1. ~tOJECT SUMMARY Marion Co~mty (Count3') and the Salem Area Mass Transit District (Transit) are pleased to announce an ogp~dmity far a qualifiod commerciaUretaiUmixed use dcveloper to participate in a public/private developmeat in t~ ncw SWan C~ourdw~se Square block ~ The full blodc developm~eut inc~parat~s a new bus ~nsit cxnter, public arcas, nnd an aPProximatelY 150,000 sq. ft. officx building. The developme~ will also include 314 subsurfacx parkin8 stalls, 258 of which may be used f~ C~nty and Transit purposes, and 56 (or mare) of which will be madc available to the developa to suppo~t the Narth Block proja~t. The private dcvelopmeat oPPo~h' (°~.1~") consists of a concrde building pad with ground floor maximum building u+ea of approximately 12,790 sq. R., and above gro~md floa maximum building area of approximately 17,114 sq. ft. per floor (sa ground lease attac~ment fa~ mare precise desQiPtion). The site of the developm~tnt, boun~ed by Chemeketu Strect NE, Court Street NE, Chw~ch StraX NE and High 5tr+xt NE in downtown Salem, Oregon, is ownod joint~y by the County and Transit A Request far Proposal (RFP) proc~s (y~et to be preparod) will selcct a successful Pr~oser, who will obtain an inter~st in a portion of the proppty located in the northern part of the sitc upan tl~ execution of a larig texm ground lease, or other a~eans subjxt to the agroemart of the Co~mty, Transit, and developc,r. The Projxt site is in a highly visible Central Business District location. Its location, immodiately adjac,ent to the n~ew lrmsit oeater, should both tncourage and be suPPortod b3' transit use. Wheu combi~ with the otha' ~ts of the developme~t, the Projxt site should provide for a sizable unnam~ of podestrian, customer and visita~ activity and aax.ss. Dite to the unique nat~u~e of the develapme~t mnd its ceatral dawntown location, the a Cotmty and Traasit will cxpect proposals to the RFP that are compatible in design, suPPative of transit use and compl~ary of the eatirc developmart in terms of a~o~ics, fimction, and scale.