The cost to build the new MSP facility is $39 million, the cost to furnish will be $6 million.  So the total cost (it looks like) is $45 million.

Then the state is going to rent the place for the next 25 years.  If my math is right - and it may be wrong so someone let me know if it is - the state will end up paying $92,500,001 for the building...a building that in 25 years may not be suited to do what it is being built for today.

Perhaps the better decision would be to wait until we can afford to build the new building...you know, put the 3.7 million in a bank account somewhere..and in about 12 years we could afford to build it and own it straight out.

Of course...that's still 3.7 million a year we could put to other projects or programs if we kept MSP at their current office...