The city of Fremont is buying a 23,000-square-foot downtown office building. Officials say they have a few ideas for the site.
The Fremont City Council has bought an office building next to its City Hall complex, with an eye toward possibly converting the building into a new City Hall at some point.
Mayor Lily Mei reflected on Fremont’s past — “five small towns that came together” — and used the building purchase to look toward the next phases of the city’s development. Short- and medium-term uses for the building could include relocating some city departments as space becomes available, officials said. But the impetus for the purchase is strategic in nature, as Fremont looks to the future of the city’s downtown area and its housing needs.
In March, the city said its assigned share of the region’s housing need for the next eight years is about 13,000 units, more than 7,000 of which are intended to be affordable.
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