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The energy inefficient Nichols Office Center near downtown Mankato is slated to be razed. With the construction of the new Blue Earth County Justice Center, the county no longer requires Nichols to provide office space.
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Blue Earth County Taxpayer Services is one of 11 tenants being uprooted by the closing of Nichols Office Center.
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Nichols Office Center, built in 1958, was first utilized as classroom space for Mankato State College. Blue Earth County bought it 12 years ago because it needed the office space.
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