Selling City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute for $1.5 million rather than auctioning the site for a minimum bid of $2.5 million was approved by the Juneau Assembly by a 6-3 vote on Monday night.
The Alaska Native nonprofit organization plans to demolish the 75-year-old building in favor of a new $40 million three-story structure featuring a glass-blowing studio, retail gallery for “high-end art” and other facilities. SHI President Rosita Kaaháni Worl, during public testimony…