The Markell administration has turned down a proposal to lease an office block in Dover that was built by a developer now facing bank fraud and money laundering charges.
The State Street Commons was built by an investor group led by Michael Zimmerman.
And his brother had helped craft the lease proposal as a top employee of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
The state environmental agency had been looking at leasing the building since 2008.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that Bert Scoglietti with the Office of Management and Budget said that officials concluded the State Street building does not – in his words – fit the objective of a walkable campus.
He said the state was exploring other alternatives.
