The City–County Building is a 28-story building at 200 East Washington Street in

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, that houses the offices of the

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government of Indianapolis and

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, known as

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History

The building opened in 1962 after two years of construction, at a cost of $22 million. The City-County Building was the first building in the city to be taller than the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, and was the tallest building in the city until 1970. The building's total floor area covers . Prior to its construction, Marion County offices were located in the Marion County Courthouse, which stood on what is now Richard G. Lugar Plaza on the south side of the City–County Building; the courthouse was demolished upon completion of the latter. Indianapolis city offices were located in the Indianapolis City Hall.

Usage

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, and the

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. The office of the

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is on the twenty-fifth floor of the building. An

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, open to the public, is accessible on the twenty-eighth floor of the building.

Proposal to sell to private sector

In 2017, the city began the process to build a new criminal justice complex in the Twin Aire neighborhood that opened in 2022. As a result, there will be a large amount of empty space in the City-County Building. In 2018, the administration of

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began a process to determine how much office space the city-county government will require in the future, and where it should be located. One possibility is to sell the CCB to private developers and move some of the government offices to the

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. "Our offices struggle to reorganize around modern technology," Hogsett said. "Many of our offices are sized with the assumption records will be kept in rows and rows of filing cabinets. Why not? That's how they kept the records in 1960. That's how the (City-County Building) was built."

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External links

City-County Building at SkyscraperPage
Skyscraper office buildings in Indianapolis Government of Indianapolis Government buildings completed in 1962 Headquarters in the United States County government buildings in Indiana 1962 establishments in Indiana {{Indianapolis-stub

History

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Proposal to sell to private sector

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