Burien City Hall will move to temporary quarters in December to make room for construction of Town Square.

Council members approved on Sept. 11 a 24-month lease beginning Nov. 11 for space in a professional building at 15811 Ambaum Boulevard S.W., just south of Hiline Lanes.

City offices will occupy 11,636 square feet of office space in the multi-tenant building. All city departments in the current City Hall will move to the interim site.

The current City Hall at 415 S.W. 150th St. is situated on the future site of a multi-level retail/residential building on the northeast corner of Town Square.

Demolition of buildings at the Town Square site is expected to take place over the winter. City staff will move to the new City Hall/King County Library building in Town Square in 2008.

A groundbreaking ceremony for Town Square is planned for Tuesday, Oct. 19, at noon in the parking lot off Southwest 152nd Street between the former Puget Sound Educational Services Center facility and the former Gottschalks building.