Cassco Getting New Tenants
JMU Moving ‘Multiple’ Offices Into Old Ice Plant
Posted: February 16, 2013
HARRISONBURG — Faculty and staff from some James Madison University departments will be tenants in the former Cassco Ice building when its makeover is complete around the beginning of next year.
Details are still being ironed out, according to Don Egle, university spokesman, but he confirmed Friday that communications, marketing and public affairs is one of “multiple JMU offices” that will likely call the renovated structure at 217 S. Liberty Street home.
“[That] is one of the JMU units that will be moving, but it won’t be the only JMU unit,” Egle said. “They’re working on which offices would move.”
Private developers 217 South Liberty LLC are planning a $10 million renovation of the 80,000-square-foot Cassco building.
Earlier this week, the project received a $500,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development’s Industrial Revitalization Fund to move forward.
Because only government entities can receive the funding, which is a low-cost loan, the city applied for the money on behalf of the project’s developers.
The fund, established by the General Assembly in 2011, provides loans for construction projects to generate economic development.
Contact Emily Sharrer at 574-6286 or esharrer@dnronline.com
Details are still being ironed out, according to Don Egle, university spokesman, but he confirmed Friday that communications, marketing and public affairs is one of “multiple JMU offices” that will likely call the renovated structure at 217 S. Liberty Street home.
“[That] is one of the JMU units that will be moving, but it won’t be the only JMU unit,” Egle said. “They’re working on which offices would move.”
Private developers 217 South Liberty LLC are planning a $10 million renovation of the 80,000-square-foot Cassco building.
Earlier this week, the project received a $500,000 grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development’s Industrial Revitalization Fund to move forward.
Because only government entities can receive the funding, which is a low-cost loan, the city applied for the money on behalf of the project’s developers.
The fund, established by the General Assembly in 2011, provides loans for construction projects to generate economic development.
Contact Emily Sharrer at 574-6286 or esharrer@dnronline.com