The city administration of Johns Creek and its police and fire departments will be moving to a new, consolidated home, now that the City Council has approved buying an office building in Technology Park to for City Hall functions with public safety as well as the Municipal Court.
The city will pay $9.4 million for the 75,000-square-foot building and its seven-acre site at 11360 Lakefield Drive. The city expects to close on the purchase in February and renovate the building. A timeline for the move has not yet been determined.
City Hall and Fire Department headquarters staff currently occupy two floors and about 36,000 square feet of offices. The Police Department and Municipal Court are in a separate 20,000-square-foot facility and are in need of an additional 10,000 square feet, according to the city.
The acquisition avoids the costs of new construction and rental payments, and lets the city create a centralized Emergency Operations Center with its Traffic Control Center, officials said. It also offers the increased efficiency of a combined courtroom and City Council chambers. Additionally, the city will control about 340 parking spaces next to land recently acquired for a linear park.
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