Pearland - Friendswood Edition | November 2024

BY RACHEL LELAND

Community center cost Option 1 Complete buildout of the primary partner space on third floor, while secondary partner space on third floor has a shell for future buildout Total construction cost: $37.8M Soft cost: $6M Design contingency: $1.9M Furniture, fixtures and equipment costs: $1.5M Option 2 Primary and secondary partner spaces on third floor not built out but have shells Total construction cost: $36.4M Soft cost: $5.7M Design contingency: $1.8M Furniture, fixtures and equipment costs: $1.5M Total $45.46M Option 3 Primary partner space on third floor is not built out and remains shell, while secondary partner space is not built at all Total construction cost: $34.54M Soft cost: $5.44M Design contingency: $1.73M Furniture, fixtures and equipment costs: $1.5M Total $43.2M Total $47.2M

The cost

Looking ahead

PGAL pitched several dierent cost options for the community center, documents show. Each option included varying degrees of amenities and space, which all had to do with how much of the third oor the city chooses to build out. Meanwhile, for the library, just one option was given, according to the presentation. The costs given assumed the design for each would be completed in 2025 with construction starting in 2026, according to the presentation. The cost also factors in a 5% increase for each year after 2026. Library cost PGAL presented one option for the library, which is the 8,060-square-foot addition. Total construction cost: $10.7M Soft cost: $2.14M Furniture, fixtures and equipment costs: $500K Design contingency: $535K Total $13.87M

The project is not currently funded beyond the design work that PGAL conducted. To fund the full project, it would require working with additional partners and having a bond election, City Manager Morad Kabiri said at the Oct. 7 meeting.

“Big bucks ... it’s a lot of sticker shock there, ... but we know what it costs to build things these days. We all would love to see

this get done.” MIKE FOREMAN, MAYOR OF FRIENDSWOOD

SOURCES: CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, PGAL/COMMUNITY IMPACT