Plans are in the works for Columbus City Council to approve a $74 million contract to construct a new city office building. If approved, the new building would house offices for Public Service, Development and Utilities departments on the Downtown Columbus city campus.

A meeting was held the second week of the month with Messer Construction Company in order to discuss the construction contract and plans. Messer Construction was the lowest bidder, but also the best bidder, according to the city’s plans. Columbus movers hope that, if passed, the new office center will help bring more jobs and more people moving to Columbus.

Plans include building an eight-story, 180,000 square-foot building and was designed by Schooley Caldwell Associates and DesignGroup. The idea for building a new city office building was due to the fact that many city workers working in an old, deteriorating building that had to be torn down. The new building efforts would create a “one stop shop for several of its regulatory, code and construction functions” for the city, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

If approved, the new city building would be built at 111 N. Front St. and would include a new parking garage of 700 spaces. It would be located at 141 N. Front St. and would be completed by summer 2017. If you are moving to Columbus and work in any of these city entities, keep in mind that you may want to move around the new location, rather than the current – and perhaps temporary location.