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South BE Regular Redevelopment Commission ting - April 25, 1980 4. COMMUNICATIONS a. Mr. Ellison continues... One of the options left open by the Borger/ Jones plan is related to the atrium. Some of the previous proposals have talked about light courts and /or an atrium. Borger /Jones seems to feel that some sort of atrium is desirable but they leave it open to the developer as to whether that should be some kind of enclosed structure extending two stories or ten. Phis information was detailed to the 'omission the other day in an Executive Session. The work by Borger /Jones Logically dovetails with the exclusive negotiations that have been going on in the past thirty days with the South Bend Building Corporation who we nave talked to with respect to rehabil- itating the building. We have a letter from Nhyor Roger 0. Parent regarding hyor Roger 0. Parent: About thirty ays ago I asked the Commission to enter nto a thirty day period of exclusive egotiation with the principals of outh Bend Building Corporation, which ou have done. The drawings that you ee here were duplicated and shown to he principals of South Bend Building orporation here in South Bend and they ere mailed to the principals who live n San Francisco. They have indicated hat they are in agreeement with the general uidelines that were prepared by Borger/ ones, and on the basis of that agreement, long with their preliminary offer, I am ere to ask the Redevelopment Commissioners o agree to convey the building to the outh Bend Building Corporation. I am lso requesting another three or four eeks to complete the documents necessary or closing the sale. As I have said at ther meetings, I feel that the Odd Fellows uilding in its present state constitutes an sset to the community and, at this point in time, s the strongest thing we have in the Century all Block area. M