The new County Administration was the first government building completed as part of the Civic Square initiative - representing New Jersey's first privately conceived, planned, developed, constructed, and maintained government complex. At the conception of the project, the city and county governments were faced with a critical need to renovate outdated and inefficient government buildings to accommodate current needs as well as future growth. Rather than assume costly and lengthy renovations through taxpayer-based financing, Devco proposed the development of a new government complex, created through an innovative public-private partnership, to deliver the government buildings in a timely and cost-effective manner. This would prove to be not only the best economic alternative for the government entities and the taxpayers, but also the impetus for expansive revitalization efforts in the heart of the city.