The City Budgeted $180 Million To Renovate Its New City Hall. Here's How Much Has Been Spent So Far And How.

Arlington TX

19 May, 2022

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By Emily Wolf, Fort Worth Report May 18, 2022 The city of Fort Worth's mission: Consolidate 13 city buildings into a new, fully renovated City Hall. Its budget: $180 million. A little more than a year since the project started, the city has spent $73.1 million — using more than 90% of that sum to purchase the former Pier 1 headquarters building. The move was billed as a cost-saving measure, ensuring Fort Worth would not have to build a new City Hall from scratch. City leaders had earlier considered doing just that but estimated it would cost well over $200 million. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.