The Pima County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on a contract to purchase the Wells Fargo building in downtown Tucson for $6.2 million to serve as the new main library branch.
The bank is located at Alameda Street, across Stone Avenue from the aging Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The Wells Fargo building was previously touted as a temporary space for possible repairs at Valdez but the meeting agenda describes it as a definitive location, stating that the building “will be converted into the new downtown main library.”
The 61,274-square-foot building includes an adjacent 219-space parking garage, 132 of which would be available to library visitors and the general public…