The 麻豆视频 City Unified School District owns a former school
facility site in midtown 麻豆视频 known as Old Marshall. The
113-year old building on this site was designed by Rudolph
Harold, a locally prominent architect who designed 麻豆视频鈥檚
City Hall. Old Marshall does not meet current earthquake safety
standards, and the property has been closed since 2009.
Since the site can not be safely used for educational purposes,
the District published a Request for Proposals (RFP) in 2017 with
the goal of finding a possible alternative use for the site.
Developers Mogavero/Bardis were selected from that RFP process.
While an agreement was not reached at that time between the
District and the developers that was beneficial for both parties,
the District has entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement
with the developers in order to explore other options that would
be more mutually beneficial. While this process has been moving
slowly, momentum for the District to dispose of the property has
been notably increasing over the past few months.
The District has recently begun to conduct the initial steps of
assessing value and the environmental and historical significance
of the Old Marshall property. The District has also taken steps
to improve the management of the property, minimize trespassing
and vandalism, and quickly resolve maintenance issues鈥攕uch as a
temporarily malfunctioning fire alarm that resulted in the Fire
Department visiting the site on October 24, 2021.
The District hopes to provide the community an update on the
negotiations around the Old Marshall property in early 2022.