Staff Reports
A consultant hired by the state has recommended selling off or demolishing a wide swath of state office buildings in downtown Tallahassee, saying state government’s real estate is at “a critical juncture.”
The Tallahassee Democrat reported on the $772,655 study Friday in its online edition.
“Many of those are landmark buildings that date back to the Hoover and Eisenhower administrations, and include the headquarters for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Department of Corrections,” the story said.
The nearly 260-page report was done by Savills Studley for the Department of Management Services, the state’s property manager.
Included “on the chopping block,” the paper reported, are the Mayo Building, the Bryant Building, the Carlton Building, the Collins Building, and the Holland Building.
“Buildings constructed 50 years ago are not space efficient compared to current industry standards,” DMS spokeswoman Maggie Mickler told the paper.
Many agencies now are housed in the Capital Circle Office Complex in the Southwood development in southwest Leon County, built in the early 2000s.
The state is now renovating the Capitol grounds and subterranean parking garages after the primary support girder in the Senate-side garage showed signs of stress after years of water intrusion.
