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SZ SZ. MAINLY MOVE BEGINS DOWNTOWN THAT FILL ONE HISTORIC BUILDING LEAVING ANOTHER BUILDING A RIVER FRONT BUILDING VACANT. STATE ATTORNEY IS MOVING IN NEW OFFICES AT THE OLD FEDERAL COURT HOUSE. TOTAL COST TO TAXPAYERS 30 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS WILL MARK COMPLETION OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE COMPLEX BUT THIS PART OF THE PROJECT IS ALSO HAD ITS PROBLEMS. JIM IS FOLLOWING THIS SAGA AND JOINING US LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN WITH AN UPDATE. JIM? THIS IS THE NEW STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE THIS WAS TOUBT RENOVATED 2 YEARS AGO BUT BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION DELAY AND OTHER PROBLEMS IT'S NOT HAPPENING UNTIL RIGHT NOW. THE MOVING TRUCK ARE ON THEIR WAY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO FILL UP THIS SPOT LEAVING ANOTHER VACANCY ON THE RIVER. WE TRIED TO GET IN THE NEW STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE TODAY TO GET YOU A GOOD LOOK AT HOW THE 30 MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BUT BEEN TOLD WE HAVE TO WAIT. THERE'S STILL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON BUT THE MOVE IS SET TO BEGIN FRIDAY. WE STAYED ON BUDGET WITH THE TOTAL PROJECT AT THE TOTAL PROJECT AT THE COURTHOUSE, NEW COURTHOUSE. Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS FROM THE START. THIS WAS THE OLD FEDERAL COURT HOUSE AND POST OFFICE. IT WAS TO BE RENOVATED WHEN THE NEW COUNTY COURTHOUSE WAS BUILT. COST CONCERN WITH THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR AND THE JS SAT EMPTY UNTIL NOW. ANY TIME WREN 0HAVE IT AN OLD BUILDING WHERE YOU HAVE HISTORICAL REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO MEET AND JUST THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T NOWHERE THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES. Reporter: STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE IS NOW PACKING UP FROM THIS 15 STORY BUILDING OLD CITY HALL AND RIVER AND BEGIN MOVING INTO ITS NEW OFFICES. WE WANTED TO TALK TO ANGELA ABOUT THE MOVE BUT INSTEAD THE OFFICE ISSUED THIS STATEMENT. PLAN IN PLACE TO CONTINUE BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING THIS TRANSITION. STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE STAFF WILL BE WORKING FROM OFFICE SPACE WANT BALL BUILDING AND DUVALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE THIS MOVE LEAVES ANOTHER BIG HOLE IN THE NORTH BANK. 15 STORY BUILDING WILL SIT VICK ANTI-BECAUSE RATE NOW THERE'S NO PLANS TO SILT OR USE IT FOR OFFICE SPACE. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD COURTHOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNATURE EMPTY FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS. THIS IS ALL PART OF THE CITY PLAN TO GET GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OFF THE RIVER AND BUSINESSES TO BOOM IN ITS PLACE BUT THAT STALLED. BUSINESSES LIKE OLD YO RESTAURANT HAVE RELAYED ON THE STATE ATTORNEY OFFICE AND EMPLOYEE TO HELP WITH THEIR BRISK BUSINESS AND THEY WILL NOTICE A DIFFERENCE STARTING TOMORROW. SAD TO SEE THEM GO BUT WE ARE APPRECIATIVE WITH SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH THE SPACES QUICKLY. Reporter: THEY HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE AND THAT WAS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SHIPYARD AND IF COHN VISION FOR OUT THERE AND HOPE THE VISION WILL EXTEND ALL WAIT DOWN TO THE OFFICE BUILDING OR THE OLD CITY HALL AND THAT THAT TOO COULD BECOME RENOVATED IN THE FUTURE.

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