Oakland County has proposed a downtown redevelopment partnership with the city of Pontiac that would move several county operations and as many as 600 employees from the current Oakland County campus of 45 buildings in northwest Pontiac and eastern Waterford Township to downtown Pontiac, the traditional seat of county government.

Pontiac's Phoenix Center amphitheater, which sits atop a three-story parking garage and hasn't hosted a show since Wiz Khalifa and Big Sean's performance in August 2011, would be torn down as part of the project.

The county Board of Commissioners has authorized the county government to enter an agreement to purchase 10-12 acres in downtown Pontiac for $19.2 million. The properties include Ottawa Tower at 5111 Woodward Avenue, a former General Motors building at 31 E. Judson, the lease for the Phoenix Center parking garage and four adjacent parcels of land.

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