LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority this week announced that its administration staff began moving from their temporary offices at the Lake Placid Conference Center to the new building at 37 Church St. on Monday, Aug. 29.

“We have been anticipating this move for some time,” ORDA President and CEO Michael Pratt said in a press release. “Before the construction of the Olympic Center and the new Miracle Plaza, our finance department was in a locker room. The new building allows our service departments that support our venues to work more collaboratively in one facility, and the Olympic Center will now function as intended for guests and visitors.”

The new facility comprises three floors and will house all administrative staff in one location.

The move allows for all-new guest spaces to open within the Olympic Center’s Miracle Plaza (connecting the 1932 and 1980 rinks), which will include the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, renovated retail space, and dining. The Lake Placid Conference Center will be again used for a variety of functions and events, including food service for the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games.

ORDA has integrated sustainability into the planning and development of the administrative facility. These considerations include significant sunlight into workspaces, vehicle fleet structure with EV charging stations, and low-profile visual impact considerations from exterior colors to air handling equipment inside the building (versus on the roof). Additionally, the facility has an electric snow-melt system at the entrance to reduce the application of salt.