The Brief
- City Manager Kimberly Tolbert has told the city to stop new real estate purchases.
- In 2022, the city purchased an office tower for $14 million that had several fire code violations.
- The building would require many millions more to get up to code and the city is spending $73,000 each month to maintain and secure the building.
DALLAS – Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert admitted in a new report that Dallas taxpayer dollars were wasted when the city purchased an office tower riddled with code violations.
Dallas Permit Office Problems
The backstory:
An 11-story office tower located at 7800 N. Stemmons Freeway was made under the city’s prior administration in 2022.
The $14 million building was supposed to serve as the city’s new building permitting office, but was closed after 39 fire code violations were discovered after employees moved in.…