ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The city of Orlando intends to purchase the Pulse nightclub, site of the June shooting that left 49 people dead, and convert it into a memorial, a city statement said Tuesday.
A proposed purchase agreement of $2.25 million will be voted on by the city council on Monday. Assuming approval, the property will be turned over to the city by December 30, a statement from the city said. The site will likely remain as is for the next 12 to 18 months, Mayor Buddy Dyer said in the statement, until a suitable memorial is designed and constructed. Temporary memorials, including flags and flowers on a chain-link fence surrounding the property, are regularly placed at the site, as well as at nearby Orlando Regional Medical Center, where many of the victims died.