The Dallas City Council’s finance committee this week recommended that the full council consider alternatives to the city’s iconic but aging City Hall building downtown, as repair costs are estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The full council is set to vote Nov. 12 on whether to direct City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert to evaluate office space needs for departments now based in City Hall, compare the cost of repairing the building with leasing, buying or constructing new space, and review possible redevelopment options for the current site.
City staff would report their findings to the committee by February 2026.
Recent estimates put renovation costs between $152 million and $345 million, including up to $145 million for garage repairs, $100 million to address water infiltration, and $40 million for HVAC upgrades.
Among the options being discussed are continuing operations in the current building, repairing it, or moving city operations elsewhere — possibly by leasing space, redeveloping the site or building a new City Hall.
Dallas’ City Hall, designed by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1978.
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