Explainer: Minnesota State Office Building $500M renovation cost
The project — which is underway — will renovate and expand the 290,000-square-foot building to the west of the state Capitol.
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The project — which is underway — will renovate and expand the 290,000-square-foot building to the west of the state Capitol.
The Capitol complex office building project’s price tag has attracted scrutiny for its cost
If the latest bids from contractors are approved, the cost to overhaul the mansion will be $12.8 million as opposed to the original estimate of $7 million.
The epicenter of Minnesota state government is in for a makeover. In coming years, the State Office Building will be remodeled and expanded while two other buildings in the State Capitol neighborhood could meet the wrecking ball.
The state will pay about $330,000 to rent a house for the governor's family for 18 months in Sunfish Lake.