Photo: Peter McIntosh
In a closed-door meeting late last year, Dunedin city councillors controversially decided to lease office space in the building’s top floor to commercial tenants.
The decision to focus on rent-paying tenants upstairs was to help offset operating costs "and ensure the new facility remains on a sustainable financial footing", the council said in a statement at the time.
The project remained on schedule to open in June, and was on budget at $22 million, the council said.
