City Council is expected on Monday, Oct. 20, to approve spending $4.7 million to buy two buildings that would lend to Mesa’s redevelopment efforts for its downtown.

Mesa Community College District is the current owner of the two properties at 145 N. Centennial Way and at 165 N. Centennial Way.

“They approached us when they realized that this would be excess property for them,” City Manager Scott Butler said at the Oct. 9 council study session. “We’ve been talking to MCC about this for a while now.

“It’s been a while to the point that we did put the money for this in this year’s budget in anticipation of this occurring.”

Mesa Council is anticipated to agree to buying two properties in the downtown to help spur redevelopment efforts. City of Mesa

The two-story structure at 165 Centenn

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