Save the Center Article RSS http://www.savethecenter.org Save the Center Article RSS feed. . Save the Center http://www.savethecenter.org/tresources/en/images/icons/tendenci34x15.gif http://www.savethecenter.org no Copyright 2005, Save the Center Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@savethecenter.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:14:57 GMT Articles http://www.savethecenter.org/en/art/40/ <p>April 21, 2007, 12:04AM<br><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Center makes deal with city to buy prime property<br></span>Retardation agency will pay the city less than market value for its prime tract</b></p> <p>By MELANIE MARKLEY</p> <p>The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation will pay the city $6 million to buy the prime inner-city property it has occupied for more than 40 years, ending weeks of negotiations over a disputed lease agreement.</p> <p>The settlement was announced Friday by Mayor Bill White and David Baldwin, chairman of the center's foundation board, before a cheering crowd of residents who had feared losing their longtime home.</p> <div>"It's a historic day for the center, for its residents and for future residents," White said moments after signing...<br></div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4735775.html" target="_blank"> <div align="center">Click here to read full story&gt;&gt;&gt;<br></div> </a></div> <br><br>21-Apr-07 7:00 AM Houston Chronicle - Center makes deal with city to buy prime property <p>April 21, 2007, 12:04AM<br><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Center makes deal with city to buy prime property<br></span>Retardation agency will pay the city less than market value for its prime tract</b></p> <p>By MELANIE MARKLEY</p> <p>The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation will pay the city $6 million to buy the prime inner-city property it has occupied for more than 40 years, ending weeks of negotiations over a disputed lease agreement.</p> <p>The settlement was announced Friday by Mayor Bill White and David Baldwin, chairman of the center's foundation board, before a cheering crowd of residents who had feared losing their longtime home.</p> <div>"It's a historic day for the center, for its residents and for future residents," White said moments after signing...<br></div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4735775.html" target="_blank"> <div align="center">Click here to read full story&gt;&gt;&gt;<br></div> </a></div> no http://www.savethecenter.org/en/art/40/ Tracey Lee Wallace Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT