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NEW YORK CITY-The $220-million project is Staten Island's first new courthouse in 75 years and the first in the city to seek LEED certification.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on December 23, 2008

NEW YORK CITY-Ground was broken Tuesday on a 182,720-square-foot courthouse facility in Staten Island’s St. George neighborhood. With a $220-million budget, the project is the borough’s first courthouse in more than 75 years and the city’s first to seek LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. The project has a 2012 completion date.

“We’re building for the future of this borough, even during these tough times for our economy,” says Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a release. He adds that the courthouse project represents the city’s biggest capital investment for a building in the borough’s history. Bloomberg was joined at the ceremonial groundbreaking by state and city officials including state chief judge Judith S. Kaye and Staten Island borough president James P. Molinaro.

Currently a municipal parking lot, the four-acre site will contain the five-story courthouse building, a 660-car parking garage and a memorial green. The courthouse will replace facilities currently housed in separate buildings at 67 Targee St., 18 Richmond Terr., the Homeport and Borough Hall. It will contain six civil courtrooms and eight criminal courtrooms.

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