File #: 2014-0379    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/8/2014 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/10/2014
Enactment date: 11/20/2014 Enactment #: 17933
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into a purchase and sale agreement providing for the sale of the surplus Blackriver Building, located at 900 Oakesdale Avenue SW, Renton, and a leaseback of a portion of the building, in council district five.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Agreement, Renton, City of
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17933.pdf, 2. A. Purchase and Sale Agreement, 3. 2014-0379 legislative review form.pdf, 4. A. Purchase and Sale Agreement, 5. 2014-0379 Property Summary - Blackriver Sale.doc, 6. 2014-0379 revised blackriver FN.xls, 7. 2014-0379 transmittal letter.doc, 8. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2014-0379 Blackriver sale & lease.docx, 9. Staff Report dated November 4, 2014 Blackriver sale & lease.docx
Staff: Zoppi, Leah
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into a purchase and sale agreement providing for the sale of the surplus Blackriver Building, located at 900 Oakesdale Avenue SW, Renton, and a leaseback of a portion of the building, in council district five.
Body
STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. The facilities management division determined that the Blackriver Building, located at 900 Oakesdale Avenue SW, Renton, within council district five, was surplus to county needs and offered the property to other county agencies on November 6, 2013, and received no interest.
2. The facilities management division declared the property surplus to the current and future foreseeable needs of the county on December 13, 2013.
3. The facilities management division found the property unsuitable for affordable housing development on December 13, 2013.
4. The King County department of assessments currently occupies twelve thousand two hundred sixty-five square feet of the Blackriver Building and needs the space for the purpose of providing a regional King County center for the residential appraisal division of staff operations. The facilities management division determined on June 13, 2013 that there was not an appropriate county-owned option.
6. The facilities management division determined, through consultation with the department, that continuing to occupy its space in the Blackriver Building was the most cost-effective option for the department and the county.
7. The property was marketed by entering into a sale marketing agreement with a brokerage company, Cushman & Wakefield/Commerce Real Estate, and listing the property for sale with the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. The proposed sale included a leaseback lease that would allow the department of assessments to continue to occupy its space in the Blackriver Building.
8. The county received five purchase offers and accepted the highest qualified offer, submitted by Unico Investment Group LLC, da...

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