The city has received four proposals pitching locations for a new senior center, including ones for the old post office and the old Registry of Motor Vehicles building.
The proposals were opened on Tuesday, after Mayor Nancy Stevens this fall put out a request for property owners to submit properties that met a set of guidelines needed to house a new senior center.
The properties are 86 Pleasant St., a location touted by Mayor-elect Arthur Vigeant during his campaign, as well as 165 Forest St., 40 Mechanic St. and 525 Maple St.
All the buildings had listed lease or purchase options and proposed terms.
The proposal for 86 Pleasant St., also known as the Old West Meeting House, came in on Dec. 13. All the other proposals came in on Dec. 20, hours before the deadline.
The Old West Meeting House, at about 12,500 square feet, would be available at a $965,500 purchase price or $10 per square foot lease.
The second proposal, 165 Forest St., is an approximately 14,000-square-foot office building, owned by Forest Street Building, LLC.
That location had a proposed purchase price of about $2.6 million with a $12 per square foot lease proposal.
Forest Street Building, coincidentally enough, operates out of 40 Mechanic St., another property listed in with the proposals.
The Mechanic Street building, at just under 14,000 square feet, is a former post office. That building was pitched by Benjamin Gatti of Greater Boston Commercial Properties.
It also had a proposed price of about $2.6 million and a $12 per square foot lease proposal.
The final property, at 525 Maple St., is the former Registry of Motor Vehicles building, which has been vacant for years. The 17,000-square-foot building was proposed by Parsons Commercial Group, Inc., out of Framingham.
The old RMV building was proposed for a $1.2 million purchase or a lease of $9,500 per month.
Stevens said she is leaving the selection process to incoming mayor Vigeant, although she said she hopes the new administration will consider a pair of city-owned properties as well.
She said she thinks the Bigelow School, with its proximity to Ward Park and already existing amenities, could be a good location, as could a new building on the old Hudson Landfill.
Vigeant Thursday said he has not had time to review the proposals, but said he will form a group to examine them once he gets into office.
(Kendall Hatch can be reached at 508-490-7453 or khatch@wickedlocal.com.)