LGC board votes to terminate all contracts with Wallace Bajjali
After city leaders learned the firm had vacated its offices and its managing partners had resigned, the LGC board voted unanimously to terminate the master development agreement, the parking garage lease and development agreement, and two architectural services agreements. City staff took over the construction manager role for the garage. The hotel project with NewcrestImage was described as unaffected.[1]
Wallace Bajjali Development PartnersAmarillo Local Government Corporation (LGC)NewcrestImage
On January 27, 2015 the LGC board voted unanimously to terminate four contracts with Wallace Bajjali: the master development agreement, the parking garage lease and development agreement, and two architectural services agreements.[1]
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Wallace Bajjali had signed a November 2014 contract to manage construction of a $14 million downtown parking garage.[1]
Garage
$14,000,000
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Richard Brown, LGC president; City of Amarillo press release: Wallace Bajjali had received more than $1 million; LGC president Richard Brown said the money covered completed work and milestones, and the city said no advance payment had been made for the garage.[1]
Paid usd min
$1,000,000
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City of Amarillo: The city stated that the convention hotel being built with NewcrestImage was unaffected, and that the multipurpose event venue remained a priority with no contracts for it apart from the terminated master agreement.[1]
⚠ Sources differ
Reported cost of the downtown parking garage changed between 2013 and 2015.
Sources reviewed do not attribute the timing of the MPEV to any single decision; at the January 2015 termination the city stated the MPEV remained a priority, and later cost increases were tied by officials and consultants to Class AA specifications.[1][4][5]