Private Partner Considered for New City Hall

HILLSBORO, OR-City planners here are recommending a planned new City Hall be built in partnership with a private developer and designed into a building that also includes private office space, apartments, retail space and maybe a public library.

Marion Hemphill, the city’s director of capital planning, told the city council this week it can get more bang for its buck in such a venture, and that there are several development teams interested in the idea.

As the city over the past few years began to outgrow its Public Services Building at 155 N. First Ave., it also began acquiring the neighboring block for a new City Hall. It now owns two thirds of the block bounded by North First Avenue, East Main Street, Northeast Second Avenue and Southeast Washington Street.