VT Seeks Proposals For State Office Complex

The state of Vermont is looking for ideas on what to do with its Waterbury office complex, which has been closed since it was flooded by Tropical Storm Irene.

The administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin has issued a request for information, seeking ideas from anyone interested in redeveloping the collection of 47 buildings totaling more than 700,000 square feet.

The buildings are the former site of the Vermont State Hospital, which other state agencies moved into and renovated when the hospital shrunk to a fraction of its former size in the 1970s and '80s.

Shumlin says selling the Waterbury complex is one of the options his administration is considering. Part of that consideration depends on the sorts of offers the state might get from potential buyers.