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The Courthouse Square project is planned for the vacant full block in the Salem Central Business District (CBD) which is bounded by Court Street on the south, Chemeketa Street on the north, High Street on the west, and Church Street on the east. This location is considered a good CBD location with the Marion County Courthouse across Court Street to the south, the Salem Centre retail complex to the north and west, and many financial service organizations located within this immediate neighborhood. The proposed construction, based upon schematic design phase drawings provided by ArbucklelCostic Architects, Inc., is summarized as follows. The project, which will involve the entire block, consists of a joint project by Marion County and the Salem Transit District. A substantial portion of the block will be developed for the Salem Transit bus operation. Salem Transit District is contributing a Transit grant totaling $9,844,000. The project will feature a five-story, Class A office building to be located on the southern side of the site with the bus transit facility and future Phase 2 development with an arcade, located on the northerly 75 percent of the block. The focus of this comparative analysis is the five-story office building and related parking and specifically the Marion County office space. The total gross building area as provided by the azchitect is 151,994 square feet, with a total rentable area of 141,382 square feet. The proposed structure is a five-story, Class A office building with 258 subsurface parking stalls and 59 above-grade parking stalls. The construction detail is summarized as follows: post-tension concrete frame with brick verieer covering, flat roof structure with built-up cover, insulation to code, anodized aluminum frame windows fixed in place. The interior office build-out is reported to have an allowance of $20 per square foot, and includes: vinyl/carpet floorcover, painted sheetrock walls, t-bar acoustical tile ceiling with recessed fluorescent lighting, and solid core wood doors in metal frames. The structure will have a complete HVAC system, electrical system, fire and life safety systems, and two elevators serving all levels of the office and parking structure. Seven-fixture men's and women's restrooms, along with a janitor closet will be provided on each floor. The proposed project will include the County, Transit, and some speculative office space. A tabulation chart of the floor-by-floor rentable square feet is presented on the following page. C98052 pAI,MER, GROTH & PIETKA, INC. 5