Statesboro City Manager Frank Parker announced Wednesday the city’s interest in purchasing a recently emptied bank building to serve as a site for a new courtroom and select court offices. Following an executive session, during a scheduled City Council meeting in City Hall, Parker said councilmen authorized him to enter into negotiations with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to discuss costs for purchasing the former First Southern National Bank building located on South Main Street. A “For Sale” sign has been affixed to the 1.71-acre site since Heritage Bank of the South vacated the 16,618 square foot building little more than one month ago.