City of Framingham Purchases 188 Concord Street For $2 Million

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FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham officially purchased 188 Concord Street, a 4-story office building adjacent to the Memorial Building, which is also known as Framingham City Hall.

Mayor Charlie Sisitsky and his administration began discussing purchasing the office building in April 2022 and completed the deal less than one year later on March 9, 2023.

Framingham Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Louise Miller said the purchase price was $2 million. She said the cost of the building will be bonded over 30 years.

Built in 1986, the 4-story office building at 188 Concord Street is assessed for $1,842,700 million by the City of Framingham in 2022.

The only tenant that will remain will be the parole board.

The City Council unanimously gave approval to the purchase of the building and its 44 parking spaces.

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The addition of 44 parking spaces is important, as the municipal lot located between the Memorial Building and the Framingham Police Station is typically full, which means the public typically has to find street parking, when it has business inside the Memorial Building.

Mayor Charlie Sisitsky said the City now plans to reconfigure the parking spaces between the Memorial Building and 188 Concord Street, to create public parking spaces

In the reconfiguration, the plan is to create short-term parking spaces for the public to — for example — stop by the City Clerk’s office to get a birth certificate or to stop by the treasurer’s office to pay a bill.

The City is also hopes to build a parking garage between Police headquarters and the Memorial Building, for additional parking downtown.

The City has applied for some state funding, for that project.

The Mayor said the parking garage would also be a plus for the regional justice center proposed for the former Danforth Building.

The office building at 188 Concord Street has roughly 4,000 square feet of office space per floor.

Mayor Sisitsy said the City’s public health clinic will be located on the first floor of 188 Concord Street.

The previous administration in mid-2019 began renting about 1275 square feet of space at 113 Concord Street from VTT at $2,500 per month.

The administration continued to pay the rent for the health clinic space even when the pandemic hit and the clinic was closed in 2020 and through half of 2021. The clinic space re-opened in July of 2021.

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The clinic, at 188 Concord Street, would offer public health services for the community.

The Mayor plans to use one entire floor of 188 Concord Street for a regional dispatch center.

The Mayor said there is a lot of grant money and 9-1-1 money available to create and outfit the regional public safety dispatch center.

CFO Miller said the City of Framingham filed a grant application for the regional dispatch center on March 2.

Possible communities partnering with the City including neighboring Wayland, Sudbury, & Natick, said CFO Miller.

Mayor Sisitsky signed legal paperwork Thursday morning for 188 Concord Street ownership.

In attendance for the signing was CFO Miller, Chief Operating Officer Michael Tusino, Director of Planning & Community Development Sarkis Sarkisian, City Solicitor Kathryn Fallon, and assistant solicitor Bridget Bradley.

The Mayor was given the master key to the building during the signing ceremony.

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