What To Do With Old Walmarts? Turn Them Into Libraries

As someone who spends allot of time in libraries this is an awesome idea.  According to this Fast Co piece, the McAllen, Texas community turned an abandoned Walmart store into a first class library.


According to the article library recently won the 2012 Library Interior Design Award. Designed by Meyer Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. (the interior) and Boultinghouse Simpson Architects (the exterior).  The library is located inside a 124,500 square foot former Walmart store--making it the largest single-story library in the U.S.


I'm wondering how much the community had to pay for the space or if it was donated by Walmart?