JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The previously planned National Guard Armory in Jamestown will now be locating on North Dakota State Hospital Land.

The facility was originally planned to locate within the newly constructed Airport Industrial Park. At the time, the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) approved a one-time payment of $350,000 for a 40-year lease of 16 acres of land for the new armory.

JSDC Business Development Director Corry Shevlin says concerns of security and obtaining a longer lease were some of the National Guards concerns with the Airport Industrial Park.

Shevlin added that the project is now up to the state of North Dakota. He says the project construction will be “a ways out” as the proper state and federal steps are taken.