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jpak

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Thu Oct 29, 2015, 10:51 AM Oct 2015

LePage ally may have best chance for lease on state facility

Source: Bangor Daily News

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration wants to consolidate state agencies in a massive leased facility with more space than the capital’s Wal-Mart once it’s built.

But because the state’s request for proposals — released Saturday — demands that the building or buildings be within a mile of the State House, only one person may be able to build it: Peter Anastos, a Yarmouth hotelier allied with the Republican governor.

Anastos gained the right to purchase the state-owned former Maine Department of Transportation garage on Capitol Street earlier this year, and Keith Luke, Augusta’s deputy development director, identified it as perhaps the only property that could fit the administration’s proposal.

The state is asking for a new 225,000-square-foot facility that would change Augusta’s face: Almost 1,400 state employees would work there, and the state wants the owner to provide 1,300 parking spaces. The new leased state office could open in 2018, according to materials attached to the state’s request for proposal. Proposals are due in February.

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Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/28/politics/lepage-ally-has-best-chance-for-lease-on-major-state-facility/

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LePage ally may have best chance for lease on state facility (Original Post) jpak Oct 2015 OP
Yep! It's pre-selection with a screening criterion -- must be within 1 mile NCjack Oct 2015 #1
In the age of cyberspace houston16revival Oct 2015 #2

NCjack

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1. Yep! It's pre-selection with a screening criterion -- must be within 1 mile
Thu Oct 29, 2015, 11:00 AM
Oct 2015

of the State House. Why 1 mile? Distance short enough that a 50yr old can dash back and forth within 5 minutes? Hope the legislature investigates and traces the requirement to Gov. LePage's reelect cmte.

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