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The project, at , got a $4.1 million building permit for the first three buildings.

One structure will be a depot for TEP’s large maintenance trucks, another depot building will house smaller trucks and the third will be for equipment storage. Also planned are an office building for maintenance administrators and workers, some of whom now occupy mobile offices onsite, and a building to house a mobile, high-voltage transformer used in emergencies, TEP spokesman Joe Barrios said.

He said all of the structures will preserve costly equipment by keeping it out of the elements.

Other construction activity around town includes:

• Geico at the Bridges, ,
• received a $6.5 million permit for its continued construction.
• A $4.3 million permit was issued to the city of Tucson for a groundwater pump and treatment system at
• .
• Northwest Fire District got a $3 million permit for a new station at and a $3 million permit for a station at .
• Raytheon’s expansion at continues with a $1 million permit for a multipurpose building.
• Tucson Mall got a $937,000 permit for improvements at .
• Desert Whale is building a warehouse with accompanying office space at . The $837,340 permit is for an 11,000-square-foot industrial space.
• An $828,103 permit was issued for Rescue Mission to renovate a former hotel at .
• Royal Jaguar’s showroom at , in the Tucson Auto Mall, got a $600,000 permit for renovations.
• The snack bar at the Reid Park Zoo is being converted into a monkey enclosure with a $350,000 permit.