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has felt for some time that we want to get downtown and get downtown <br /> now and get our hands on some real estate. The sequence was <br /> this. . .when Rouse did the original report on Century Mall , Rouse <br /> had them on Washington Street. It was also behind the Odd Fellows <br /> Building. At the time that the Rouse Report was done, Transpo <br /> was grumbling about that location because it didn't have any <br /> exposure to Main Street and it hid them from view. Mayor Nemeth <br /> decided that he didn' t like some things about the Rouse plan in <br /> that we commissioned Gruen to tell us how that block would go and <br /> Gruen did the model that we now have in the Redevelopment Department. <br /> Gruen came up with the concept that had them running right across <br /> the middle of the block the full length of Main Street right in <br /> front of the retail and the big park area that opened up. Transpo <br /> liked the idea because of the exposure and quite a few accesses <br /> from the streets. We thought that the bus terminal would be <br /> right alright in that location if the GSA building was built <br /> there. We had a need for a parking structure as we were going to <br /> put it underground and put it under the Transpo facility and they <br /> were even going to pay for the top slab, and as a result provide <br /> an area for Transpo which gave them access to the visibility, and <br /> number two help with the cost of the garage and do some landscaping. <br /> Mr. McMahon: When we lost the GSA building that changed the <br /> whole concept. <br /> Everyone stated, including Mr. Brademas, that if the building <br /> was historically declared prior to the rennovation that we are <br /> talking about another set of figures. <br /> Mrs. Crone: Pat, when you said that you recontacated people how <br /> many proposals did you have on file? <br /> Mr. McMahon: We had the three remaining office people but others <br /> would surface from time to time, but I will listen up. <br /> Mrs. Crone: In 1979 , the three that you received on office space <br /> had been told that their proposals had not been accepted? <br /> Mr. McMahon: That is correct, and those same three people came <br /> back again. <br /> Mrs. Crone: Was Mr. Brademas one of those? <br /> Mrs. McMahon: Mr. Brademas was one of those. There were two <br /> others who stayed with us pretty much all the way through. Some <br /> of them said they had problems with posting a security bond or <br /> any kind of performance bond on the building. Some of them said <br /> they couldn't meet the requirements of fire safety etc. We had <br /> some material laid out to negotiate and we were also talking at <br /> this point because of the financial aspect of it perhaps some <br /> type of subsidiary such as a low interest loan and those initial <br /> negotiations sprang up. That was pursued to a certain point and <br /> in the spring of 1980 or in the very early part of 1981 we handed <br /> out some documents to all those people who were still interested <br /> and stated that we would like for them to requote us; because we <br /> had a low interest loan in place to facilitate this somewhat, and <br /> we think we have come to some agreement pertaining to the exterior <br /> of the building. We received proposals from four different entities <br /> (a new one came up) . We received one from National Mobile Concrete <br /> a Michigan Corporation, one from American Development Corporation <br /> from Chicago (who do a number of restorations and have a good <br /> track record in that regard) , one from T. Brooks Brademas, and we <br /> received one from an outfit called United Energy who does some <br /> projects around the country and were interested in doing some <br /> rennovation and had contacted some South Bend businessmen to <br />