Champaign hires architect to design parking structure

CHAMPAIGN – Despite strong protests from one resident, the Champaign City Council voted unanimously to hire a Chicago architectural and engineering firm Tuesday to design a downtown parking deck.

Council members voted to hire Desman Inc. of Chicago, for a fee of up to $400,000, plus another $100,000 in reimbursable expenses, to design a 500-space parking deck that would be owned and operated by the city.

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