New South Bowie Library

(Posted 11 Oct 2007)

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County inks deal on library.
Gazette, 11 Oct 2007 (Valentine). Ending months of silence that caused some to worry that the deal was falling through, county officials have signed a $1.4 million contract for a new south Bowie library at a Central Avenue shopping center and housing development.
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According to a copy obtained by The Bowie Star, Prince George’s will pay developer Cenhall LLC about $15 a square foot for the space, about $2.4 million less than the developer demanded at first.

The price buys the county the largest space at the proposed Collington Station Marketplace — a new 14-acre shopping center and townhouse community being built between Hall Road and Central Avenue.

The county will be responsible for constructing the proposed $9 million building as Cenhall puts up 109 residential units, three other storefronts and an office building on the property.
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The deal appears to resolve the longstanding effort by south Bowie residents to bring a library at the site in exchange for allowing commercial development of the land.
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