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Brokers said donating NCR’s (NYSE: NCR) 1.3 million-square-fooyt building to an education institution or the city of Daytojn may be thebest bet. The brokerds said trying to markert the space to another corporate user would be difficulty as there are few single users out there needing thatmuch space. It could be parcelerd into an office complex formultiple users. NCR intends to sell the a companyspokesperson said. The five-storyg property is among the largest office buildings in theDaytoj area. Paul Hutchins, owner and broker with Dayton-based , said a good optionm would be to donatee the building tothe .
NCR wouldx gain the benefits of atax write-off and the universitt would have a business complete with parking, a cafeteria and plenth of space for classrooms, to mold for its “I bet they’ve already talked about donating it to Hutchins said. “Giving it to UD is a NCR gets a hugetax write-ofd and UD gets a high-tech technology center.” Mark Fornes, owned of Centerville-based , agreed. “It woulc be really nice if they give itto UD,” Fornez said. “It would be a nice gesture in return for takingh theirheadquarters out.” NCR’s headquarters, at 1700 S. Patterson Blvd.
, sits on 54