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Reno Plans To Buy Newspaper Building For Police Headquarters

RENO (AP) — The city of Reno is moving forward with a plan to buy a building housing a newspaper to use as its new police headquarters.

 

The city council voted Wednesday to proceed with negotiations to purchase the 7-acre Reno Gazette-Journal property for $7 million.

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The city estimates that moving the police department to the more spacious property will cost about $33 million.

 

Reno plans to pay for it through grants, borrowing and property sales.

 

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Reno Gazette-Journal Executive Editor Brian Duggan says the newspaper will start looking for a new office that "will better suit our news organization's digital future."

 

The city aims to have the sale finalized by September.