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Planners expect the employees to be a boon to downtown businesses.
The building is scheduled for completion in summer 2002. Most of the space will be devoted to school offices, with some city revenue and tax offices on the first floor. The seven-story building will have an arched roof to reflect the design of the nearby Virginia Air and Space Center. It is the first Hampton administration building constructed since City Hall was completed in 1976. The municipal building is one of several development projects under way or planned on the Peninsula in the next few years, including new housing, office space, retail and entertainment.