{"id":21057,"date":"2014-02-17T07:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T12:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=21057"},"modified":"2014-02-16T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:58:55","slug":"city-considers-leasing-moore-square-space-to-new-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2014\/02\/17\/city-considers-leasing-moore-square-space-to-new-school\/","title":{"rendered":"City Considers Leasing Moore Square Space to New School"},"content":{"rendered":"

The old Salvation Army building near Moore Square may have a second life as an elementary school. School officials at Exploris Charter Middle School are looking at the city-owned site as the new location for its K-5 elementary school. <\/p>\n

The City Council’s Budget and Economic Development Committee Tuesday discussed the request, but did not make decisions about a possible lease. <\/p>\n

Ben Steel of Empire Properties, the firm representing the charter school, said that the school is interested in a two-year lease for the former Salvation Army building and intends on retrofitting the building to accommodate about 150 children. <\/p>\n

Empire has offered a base rent of $1 per year. Steel said ideally, the school would open this fall. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

Karen Tam \/ Raleigh Public Record<\/p>

The old Salvation Army building sits across from Moore Square. The Salvation Army has moved to a new location on Capitol Boulevard. <\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re well aware that this is an aggressive schedule,\u201d Steel said. <\/p>\n

Steel said school officials understand that the city has redevelopment plans for the site and considers this a temporary location, but would like the right of first offer or first refusal after the two-year lease is up. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re fully prepared to walk away at the end of two years,\u201d Steel said. <\/p>\n

City Manager Ruffin Hall said that it\u2019s important for City Council members to consider the proposed redevelopment<\/a> of the site as it relates to future plans of the area. <\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we have a relationship with a fully improved facility related to a school, is that the highest and best use you\u2019d like to see on that particular site?\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

While the property is mostly unused, the warehouse will be used as a temporary shelter where charity groups can provide meals on the weekends for the homeless. <\/p>\n

The potential lease will be discussed again at the next Budget and Economic Development Committee meeting Feb. 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Council members will consider a lease that would turn the former Salvation Army building into a charter elementary school. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":19903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[1556,167,1320],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}