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City Parking Lot # 10 - Contract Status (B)
This item involves a request for direction from the City Commission regarding the contract for City Parking Lot # 10.
Explanation
Staff released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Lot #10 on September 20, 2017 and received three (3) proposals of which two (2) were invited to participate in final oral presentations which were held in December, 2017.
Staff evaluators found both final proposals strong and substantive in their own right as each pursued the goals of the RFP albeit in a different manner. Staff recommended the following ranking:
1) EDA Engineers-Surveyors-Planners, Inc.
2) Concept Construction Inc., a subsidiary of Concept Companies, Inc.
The purchase price offered for Lot #10 by EDA Engineers-Surveyors-Planners, Inc. is $2,340,000 which is based upon the latest market appraisal. The second ranked proposal offered a purchase price of $750,000 based upon comparable sales in the area.
On January 18, 2018, the City Commission directed staff to enter into contract negotiations with EDA Engineers-Surveyors-Planners, Inc. and 1+1=3 of Gainesville, LLC for development of City Parking Lot #10 into a mixed use hotel and restaurant use.
Since receiving that direction, staff has negotiated and reviewed several iterations of a proposed contract with the project developer whose features at this juncture are as follows:
1) Purchase price of $2,340,000 (the latest market appraisal)
2) Due diligence period is 120 days of contract execution, all deposits are not refundable.
3) Parking to be procured by developer relative to SW Parking Garage
4) Development of 120-140 room full service hotel with 2 restaurants and meeting space
5) City provides environmental indemnity and funds in escrow for potential remediation of previously undisclosed environmental condition
Unresolved Issues
1) Issue - City remediation to provide a clean site. Contract Purchaser - Escrow to 40% of Purchase Price o...
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