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z- ]I GE 2, ,WHITY FIREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987 Reion considers0 Graywood and Qshawa offerts A -RENDERING of the new regional headquarters buIldi'ng, micludlng refleetion from pond to surround the building on the site, as shown by Gyraywood Develop- ments Ltd. Graywood Develop- ments Ltd. has offered to build a 170,000sq. ft. regional headquarters buildings as -part of a development plan on. 60 acres north of Rossland Rd. and west of Garden St. in Whitby. Graywood president Garnet Watchorn outlined the proposal before Durham regional council members last week. The real estate development company would design and'con- struct the building, at a cost of $24 million, and lease it to the Region over 20 years, at an estimated $2.5 million per year. After 20 years, the Region would then own the building. The Graywood offer followed a consultant's report on the City of Oshawa plan to relo&tate the headquarters to downtown Oshawa, at the corner of Mary and Bond Sts. Paul Stagi, director of the IBI Group con- sulting firm hired by the City, said the proposed .Oshawa location is "ex- cellent" and offers several benefits since it would be more central to residents, and em- BRINO THIS COUPON TO THE NATIONAL TRUST BRANCH NEAREST YOU AND "WE PROMISE" YOU WILL RECEIVE: 1.The latest facts on RRSPS Theres a National TrUSt brandi convefliefltly located near you. 2a FriendlV, knowledgeable corne in or oeil us todaV'. and oureOu seiceWHflBY 352 Brook St. S. 666&1800& 3a The National Trust "FinancialAJX HwodPaeMiS.8374 Planner' brochure FR51 0F PICKERING Pickerng Super Centre 8314501 CHARGE. ploeeof heRegon The Oshawa proposal does not include the cost of a new building, but the City has offered to drop. its dlaim of- $3.3 Million of ownership in the existing headquar- ters buildings if the Region decides to locate in Oshawa. *A consulting firm hired by Durham Region has projected a cost of $19.7 million for a 170,000-sq. ft. headquar- ters building, on a minimum 2.5-acre site, in Oshawa. The Graywood and Oshawa offers make up two of four options to be studied by the Region's finance and planning committees. The third option is to remain in the existing facilities while a fourth is to con- struct an annex to the existing building. Watchorn said the Graywood plan is to make a new regionalI headquarters the "1flagship building" for the 60-acre development which will also include a hotel, condominium residences, sports club, offices and retail stores. The headquarters building would be on a 7.87-acre site to be join- tly owned by the Region and Graywood (Graywood would donate- to the Region five acres of land, ap- praised at $2.5 million). The site isilirectly ad- jacent to the Durham Regional Police, station and across the road from the existing According to the proposed design by ar- chitects Raymond Moriyama, (who previously designed the Whitby municipal building) and Ted Teshima, a reflecting pond would surround the building. Internally, the building would be organized around a large atrium., The site would also provide 500 parking spaces for employees and visitors. Don Evans, Durham Region chief ad- ministrative 'officer, had stated in a previous report that the Oshawa proposal was "worthy of serious consid eration" as a solution to the Region's space requirements in the future. But he said parking, as well as the location and size of the Oshawa offer, would have to be addressed. Stagl said last week that a full range of parking facilities were available at the proposed Oshawa site., Oshawa Mayor Allan Pilkey added that un- derground or deck parking could be provided along with sur- face parking. He said one option could be to market buildings on the site, with the revenue obtained to be used for parking. 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SThe site (the former General Motgrs West plant site) could also be' used by the Region to at- tract a developer or builder to build a- new headquarters on -a leaseback arrange- ment, the IBI Group suggests as one finan- cial option. 1The consultant'sV study for the Region estimated that a 170,000 sq. ft. building would accommodate ail ad- ministrative depar- tments of the Region, including social ser- vices. .Without social ser- vices, the building area required would be 146,740 sq. ft. The space reduction would mean a savings of $2.5 million, says the study by NORR Partnership Ltd., the consulting firm. Building costs are estimated at $55 per sq. ft. for department areas. Council chambers and SEE PAG E 6 JW wlev