The new council building that has gone £600k overbudget
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA new council office building has been created at the cost of just over £1m to the taxpayer - more than £600,000 over budget.
The new Rochdale Housing Solutions building, on Smith Street in the town centre, has been remodelled and leased for just shy of £1.026m, town hall bosses confirmed.
The original estimated cost of the project was £350,000, with part of the price offset from the council's sharing in Morrisons’ (the previous tenant) empty property cost saving from surrendering their lease early.
The latest meeting of the cabinet in Number One Riverside heard how the extra £676,000 spent came from the acquisition of the former hair salon next door to the building as well as inflation costs. READ MORE: "We are at the cliff edge": The '£50m' problem facing Manchester - and it's not the only one The council are hoping that a customer-facing Housing Solutions office is a key tool in the prevention of homelessness and other housing issues by engaging with the public earlier problems that can be resolved.
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