New Office Location Selected to be Where the Old Office was Located

By RRA Board of Directors

At the February 4, 2016 Board of Directors Meeting, the Board announced that it had selected returning to the Route 6 location for the New Office. This was the same location where the previous Office had been.

As you probably are aware, the previous Office at Route 6 was over 100 years old and the support beams failed. Estimates to repair the structure were in the $200k+ range; more that the Board deemed acceptable for a very old building. The old Office was deemed unusable in July 2014. While the Board searched for a new location, Office space was rented in Rock Creek near the corner of Main St and Route 45. The building was the previously a medical facility with residential apartments in the rear.

The lease agreement for renting the medical office for an Office was for one year and then month-to-month. We are currently in the month-to-month phase. Recently, the landlord approached us and asked that we speed up the process of finding a new location as a medical organization had approached the landlord to become the new long term tenant, returning the facility to medical use.

There were four key locations under consideration. These were renting space from the Marina, renting space from the Village, building near the Clubhouse or adding two the clubhouse, and building at the Route 6 location in the old location.

Factors that entered into the decision to move back to the Route 6 location:

1. A cash flow analysis showed owning a building to be much less expensive over the long haul than renting a building. Building and owning was selected over renting.
2. The building had to be a commercial building and not a residential building. Some residential properties that could be good locations were eliminated. This resulted in planning to build a commercial building.
3. Adding on to the Clubhouse was eliminated due to the cost of bringing the entire Clubhouse facility up to current code. This left the Clubhouse entrance and the Route 6 as potential locations.
4. The Architect estimated that for the same identical building at either the Route 6 location or the Clubhouse entrance location, would be $40K to $70K less expensive at the Route 6 location. The existing Route 6 location already had parking, utilities and the proper grading.
5. The Architect wanted a specific location defined to finalize plans. These plans allow us to get construction estimates from various contractors.

The Board hopes to be in the New Office Location by this fall.

Feel free to direct any comment or questions to the Board via: IT@roamingshores.org