(May 7) Glenborough, LLC, which has for the last five years been leasing 16,642 square feet of office space in San Bernardino to the county of San Bernardino for use by its workforce development department, will take in almost $2 million more for the extension of that lease for another five years.
On May 6 the board of supervisors approved exercising a five-year option to extend the term from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019 for 16,642 square feet of office space at 658 E. Brier Street, Suite 100, in San Bernardino for a total of $1,997,040.
In approving the lease extension the board authorized the county’s real estate services department to negotiate keeping the Workforce Development Department in its current quarters as an alternative procedure to seeking bids from other owners of office space.
In a report to the board of supervisors, Terry Thompson, the director of the county’s real estate services department and Sandy Harmsen, the director of the county’s workforce development department, wrote “This item will amend an existing lease for the workforce development department  by extending the term five years from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2019 for office space in San Bernardino because of the continuing need to provide employment services to job seekers and employers in the San Bernardino area. The workforce development department  administers and operates programs under the Department of Labor’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA). These programs are often provided by other parties and institutions that partner with the workforce development department  and co-locate in the workforce development department  facilities.
The employment development department is co-located at the workforce development department’s facility at 658 E. Brier Street, Suite 100, in San Bernardino, and provides similar, but not identical services to job seekers and employers. The combined services offered to those seeking employment include career counseling, job search, assessment and occupational training services provided through employee resource centers. Business customers benefit from customized recruitment services and a large pool of pre-screened job applicants provided through business resource centers.”
For the 16,642 square feet, the county will pay $375,444 to lease the property from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015;  $387,420 from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016;  $399,408 from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017;  $411,396 from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018; $423,372 from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.