US Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services to move Downtown

U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be moving its offices downtown to occupy a portion of a 100,000 square foot building on 660 South 200 East from their present Murray location.

USCIS' new office was previously occupied by Mountain America Credit Union. The vacancy was filled when the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed a 15-year lease on behalf of the USCIS.

Now, the office space will undergo improvements scheduled to be completed by mid 2011, when 45 employees will move into the office. Landlord improvements to the building include a new grand lobby and updated common areas. 

Relocation to a more central location with easy access to mass transit and freeways was something USCIS was hoping to obtain with the move.

The remaining space, 49,000 square feet, remains available for lease and new tenants will benefit from the construction upgrade.

This move, according to Dana Baird of Commerce Real Estate Solutions, "represents the bigger trend of overall redevelopment in this general downtown location."

Other new government locations in the planning stages include a new United States District Federal Courthouse and Salt Lake City's new Public Safety Building and Emergency Operations Center.