The National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA, will be establishing its headquarters at the Digicel Building in downtown Kingston.
In a release from the Office of the Cabinet on Monday, NaRRA says it has entered a five-year lease for a section of the building at 14 Ocean Boulevard.
Abigail Bartley reports.
Operations there are to begin by November 1.
The lease costs $US 26 per square foot, or just under US $726,000 a year.
At that rate, it comes to more than US $3.6 million over the five years.
NaRRA says the National Land Agency, NLA, carried out a valuation, comparing the cost with market rates and with what other government agencies pay for office space.
It says the NLA found the expenditure in keeping with existing standards and market rates.
The Authority says the building was designed to withstand multiple environmental hazards, which fits its mandate to keep critical functions going during disasters and national emergencies.
Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador Antony Anderson, says resilience must be reflected in NaRRA’s own operations.
He says seismic resilience and robust backup systems are essential for an entity focused on national reconstruction.
NaRRA says recruitment for positions in the Authority is proceeding on schedule, and the new headquarters will give it a central base to coordinate reconstruction and resilience work.
