City Hall abandons project to transform school into new administrative center of Ribeirão Preto

Colégio Marista, in Ribeirão Preto Reproduction/ Google StreetView The City of Ribeirão Preto (SP) informed this Wednesday (19) that it will not proceed with the exchange of properties to enable the installation of the city's new administrative center for the Colégio Marista building. In a note, the municipal administration announced that the decision was taken in common agreement with the educational institution on the grounds that the deadlines set out in the bill approved by the Chamber do not offer adequate conditions for all the stages foreseen in the initiative. "The two institutions concluded that the deadline established for construction, completion, furnishing and transfer of activities to the new unit, followed by the delivery of the current building to the municipality, does not offer the necessary conditions for the safe execution of the project within the parameters defined by the approved legislation", communicated the City Hall. ? Be part of the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Despite this, the City Hall reiterated that it continues to look for alternatives to enable a new administrative center to bring together all the departments. "The City Hall reinforces that it conducted the entire discussion with the responsibility that public assets require and with the conviction that decisions of this magnitude must be transparent, debated with society and submitted to technical bodies, the Legislative Branch and the control mechanisms provided for by law." Since Palácio Rio Branco, the former headquarters of the municipal government, was deactivated due to structural problems, the headquarters of the municipal administration operates in a building on Rua Américo Brasiliense. Exchange of properties First sent to the Chamber in October last year, the bill provided that the municipality would grant Marista a piece of land on Avenida Braz Olaia Acosta, for the installation of a new educational unit in the south zone of the city. In return, he would have the right to the property on Rua Bernardino de Campos, in the Center, where the school has been operating for decades. The initial objective was to install all municipal departments in the building. The text was removed by the City Hall from the legislature at the end of 2025 and resent at the beginning of this year after a review of values, before discussion in a public hearing and approval in plenary. READ ALSO City Hall wants to transform traditional school building into new administrative center of Ribeirão Preto City Hall asks to reevaluate project created to transform school into new administrative center of Ribeirão Preto Hearing discusses project to transform school into new administrative center of Ribeirão Preto; see how to participate Ribeirão Preto City Hall presents a new project to transform the school into an administrative center The second version sent by the executive established that the City Hall would receive R$ 29.4 million as financial support for the school. The amount is equivalent to the difference in the value determined in the two properties after an assessment by the Regional Council of Real Estate Brokers of São Paulo (Creci/SP): the City Hall land was valued at R$ 86.6 million and the school, at R$ 57.2 million. ?Financial payment is the term used for payment in cash to equalize a transaction that provides for the exchange of goods, such as real estate, with unequal values. In addition to the financial compensation in favor of the municipality, the project provided for the school to build the new school on the land on Avenida Braz Olaia Acosta by January 31, 2028. The text also established, in case of non-compliance with charges or deadlines, an automatic return of the properties to the original owners, that is, the land given to the school returns to the City Hall. The current Administrative Center of Ribeirão Preto, SP Disclosure/CCS See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto e Franca