New City Offices

  1. About New City Offices
  2. Project Bulletin
  3. Construction Information
  4. Project Financials
  5. Design and Site Plan
  6. Galena Plaza Outreach
  7. Stay Informed

Untitled-1The City of Aspen is constructing new administrative offices to improve the efficiency and availability of local government to the Aspen community.  The site for the new City office building is located between Rio Grande Place and Galena Plaza.  The new building will add to a civic common that consists of Pitkin County government buildings, Pitkin County Library, and the Aspen Police Department. The city office complex will enhance the corridor connecting the downtown core to Rio Grande Park and the John Denver Sanctuary.

The three-story, approximately 39,000 sq. ft. building designed by local architect Charles Cunniffe integrates bold structural elements and a featured glass rotunda welcoming community use. City offices can be accessed from two entries with enhanced green spaces around the physical building. Other features include, elevator and grand staircase, integrated use of natural materials for exterior finishes and community meeting space for public use. Current design standards call for a “LEED gold project”, with a Council decision still pending for the pursuit of a net zero carbon emissions facility.  

Building of the new offices signifies the culmination of over six-years of planning for new City facilities that will meet the service needs of Aspen’s residents, customers, and visitors as well as provide appropriate work space for City employees.   Currently, the City has multiple leases for offices scattered within the City core and beyond. The construction of this new facility will allow the City to reduce its externally leased spaces, reduce taxpayers’ expenses by building on land it owns, consolidate services in downtown Aspen, and improve existing facilities.  The result will allow for better public service, business processes, and will address accessibility issues.

In November 2018 City of Aspen voters elected to locate new city offices at 425 Rio Grande Place.  

Shaw Construction is the general contractor and the building is anticipated to be complete by summer of 2021.


The History

The City of Aspen completed a Facilities Master Plan in 2015 that developed an accurate inventory of City of Aspen spaces and set out to define future space needs and long term planning.