Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 24 No. 47 Friday, November 22, 2013
Market News
Inside
Colourful campaign kick-off
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n Members of the Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, including Shay Petersen, perform during the opening of the annual Sleigh of Hope campaign to raise food and gifts for the Salvation Army Food Bank held over the weekend at the Mall at Piccadilly. Gifts will be accepted right up to Christmas Eve.
SilverBacks action Team heads out of town for two games. Plus Viewpoint South Shuswap
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Chase
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Decision expected at Nov. 26 meeting. Plus Chase Heat A22 What’s On A23
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CSRD approves new headquarters Salmon Arm: New $6.4 million building to be developed on waterfront property. By Barb Brouwer
market news staff
Site preparation will soon begin on a new office building for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. After several years of discussion, a contract between the regional district and MMH Developments Ltd. of Salmon Arm was approved by the board of directors at an in-camera session of last week’s board meeting. The net cost of the project is $6.4 million, which includes a land swap. MMH will take over the Marine
Drive property currently owned by the regional district as part payment and construct a new building at 561 Harbourfront Dr. east of Marine Park. “Effectively we were looking for a turnkey project –- someone who would provide land, design and build the facility and take as partial payment against that, ownership of our offices,” says CSRD chief administrative officer Charles Hamilton. “And we wanted a fixed price on that.” Hamilton says the regional district
still reserves the right to sell the two office buildings within a specified period of time if they can get a better price than is guaranteed within the deal with MMH. CSRD embarked on a process in 2008 to identify office space, having determined the regional district would require new office space in the range of up to 25,000 square feet within a five-year period. Over the last number of years, CSRD has considered various development concepts, most recently issuing a request for proposals to the pri-
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