North Dakota's most costly leased building largely unused
North Dakota taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $3 million in rent over the next two years for unused office space for a state agency that intends to allow most of its more than 400 employees to work from home indefinitely.
The North Dakota Information Technology Department’s 85,000-square-foot leased space in a newly remodeled, privately owned office building in north Bismarck is unoccupied, except for about a dozen employees, said Greg Hoffman, the agency’s director of administration.
It is the largest and most expensive leased office space in the state, North Dakota Capitol Facilities Manager John Boyle said.
Boyle said each lease has an “appropriation clause” that allows the state to get out of it if the Legislature doesn’t provide funding.
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The North Dakota Information Technology Department building is located at 4201 Normandy Street in northwest Bismarck.