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County Gov County sells DHS building
Posted by Pam Zubeck on Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:42 AM
After a delay of several months, El Paso County announced Friday that it has sold the former Department of Human Services building at 105 N. Spruce St., which will be repurposed into an 80-room Holiday Inn Express hotel.
The buyer is the Jarosz Family Partnership, which runs the Clarion Hotel nearby at Bijou Street and Interstate 25.
The partnership has indicated it will invest about $4 million to renovate and furnish the building — expected to open next summer, the county says in a news release.
The county sold the property for $2.4 million, which will be used "to retire lease-purchase securities associated with facilities provided to the Department of Human Services." Translation: The county borrowed against the building several years ago, and will pay off that debt.
From the news release:
"The County no longer needs this building and we're excited to see a local company put it to good use,” said Commissioner Sallie Clark, who represents the area in District 3. “With the official closing now behind us, the building is under private ownership. The reconstruction and renovation is starting soon and will immediately generate a hundred or so construction jobs with another 40 or so permanent jobs projected for the operations of the hotel. It’s good for the taxpayers, good for the county, good for business and good for the neighborhood.”
The building, along with another one at 17 N. Spruce St., housed DHS until mid-2011 when it moved to the Citizens Service Center, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road. The CSC also houses Public Health, the treasurer, assessor, clerk and recorder and the Pikes Peak Workforce Center.
The 17 N. Spruce building is available for sale and redevelopment.
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