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South Ben 0edevelopment Commission Regular Me ting - July 6, 1979 7. PROGRESS REPORTS (continued) Mr. Ba tolo continues.... de/elopers, people who ran office buildings, talked to sh ppers, and we made a telephone survey of about 350 pe ple all over the area in what they liked about down- town, and when they liked to do their' shopping, where ani why and why not? Also about parking, if there was en ugh, and about the new shopping centers coming in. We also talked to the public officials. We were really im ressed with how much involved, and how sincere and de icated and really how confident many of the public of icials were.. The results of our study, which involves qu to a bit of paperwork is included as a summary in this report which 'I will not present to the Commission. Mr. Nimtz: Thank you. We are certainly indebted to th financial group who paid for the cost of this survey, an we are very pleased to accept it. Mr. Bartolo: What that report describes is what is sh wn on this map. (Gives details of maps and points to the maps and drawings to the Redevelopment Commissioners, staff, guests and press who were present at the meeting). Po nting to map ....... The focus of our attention, and the laid that we are looking at now is a`two square block area bo nded by Washington, Jefferson, Main and St. Joseph St., which consists of about 72 acres of land in this site, and also includes three buildings which we think should be retained. One of those buildings is the Sherland Building, recently rehabilitated, second is the Jefferson Street Garage which consists of 416 parking spaces, and the third is the Odd Fellows Building. We think the OdJ Fellows Building is well located, well built, anJ we feel that if it was rennovated; it would serve tha community. Our recommendation, specifically,.is to put the building on the market for 60 -90 days and really in good faith go after potential developers for it. If not, that building should be taken down and cleared for the rest of the project.' The focal point of the project is 100,000 square feet of retail space which includes about 40 -60 stores, including restaurants and grocery stores and a lot of general retail space. We show two areas where there should be office buildings to accommodate needed office facilities up to 1984. We have included three parking garages which consists of a total of 1,425 spaces. The office facilities would require about 1,025 spaces. . Nimtz: Mr. Bartolo, I wish you would comment on Century rater. -12-