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Sandy issues bonds to buy the Arbor Plaza office building By Giovanni Radtke | g.radtke@mycityjournals.com
The $8.3 million in bonds will also be used to renovate the city council chambers.
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andy City lawmakers finalized the terms of a series of bonds totaling $8.3 million in late February. The city-issued securities will help fund the purchase of the Arbor Plaza office building and renovations to the council chambers. The Arbor Plaza, located within the City Hall courtyard, was bought to help meet the growing need for office space for city employees. The three departments with the largest deficits in space are the police, parks and recreation and the arts guild. Dan Nelson, Sandy’s Real Property manager, told the council that city officials have ruled out putting a police station in the Arbor building. “We just want to make sure whatever we put in there is consistent with the look and feel of the other tenants,” Nelson said at a meeting on Feb. 10. “... That’s the reason why we concluded pretty early on, and we’ve had some
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feedback from leasing agents who said it’s probably not a good idea to put police in there.” The plan is to house offices for the recreation side of parks and rec employees on the Arbor building’s first floor, alongside the Sandy’s Redevelopment Agency, and to put a community events center for the Arts Guild on the second floor. A currently unoccupied second-floor suite will also be used as a shared conference room. Sandy needs an additional 29,702 square feet of office space to accommodate city staff. The Arbor building will help address that workspace deficit with its 13,884 square feet of vacant space. Sandy’s governing body deliberated for over a month on acquiring the Arbor building. On Jan. 20, the council approved the negotiating parameters for the bonds on a 6-1 vote and, on Feb. 17, finalized proceeding with the purchase of the office block by a 4-2 margin. The purchase price of the office building is $12 million. Sandy’s Redevelopment Continued on page 9
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Planned update for City Hall’s second floor. (Courtesy of Sandy)
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