The Social Security office is moving from 300 Market St. to a larger office near the Susquehanna Valley Mall in Hummels Wharf at nearly triple the current rent. ...But, according to Gina Blyther Gilliam, regonal public affairs officer for the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. General Services Administration in Philadelphia, the Sunbury office rate was negotiated in 1997, and the space "no longer meets the requirements of the Social Security Administration."
The move is being made because of an increase in visitors, officials said.
The Sunbury office serves Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties. It saw 15,866 visits in 2008. So far this year, the office has received 13,759 visitors. ...
The new building contains 8,135 rentable square feet, priced at $38.63 per year. The current building has 6,874 rentable square feet, at a cost of $16.75 per square foot.
2 comments:
Increase in visitors--probably driving down from Towanda.
Only 8100 square feet? My office was bigger than that, had more traffic, and was small potatoes in Region IX. This doesn't look like any big deal to me. But, CA workloads are (or were) about a third of the whole country's when I retired. Probably more now, but surely will be at the end of this recession one way or the other. Moving the office is a pain, but in a new space the employees will have better security, clean carpets, fresh paint, bigger restrooms, new HVAC and lighting, better general purpose facilities, and usually safer/more parking. If GSA does it right, that is. I guess time will tell.
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