[Vision2020] Moscow federal building likely headed for auction

[lfalen]

My guess is that no one will submit the asked for minimum bid.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Darrell Keim keim153 at gmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:25:29 -0700
To: Art Deco art.deco.studios at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow federal building likely headed for auction

> I wonder who the potential bidders will be.  We don't have many local
> businesses large enough to need a building like that.  It is a unique
> property, and will require a unique buyer.  I can't picture the UI being
> inerested.
>   Perhaps a different local school?  NRS?
> 
> What do Viz folks think?
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Art Deco <art.deco.studios at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if any buyer will be required to remove asbestos?  I don't
> > remember the details, but I remember that asbestos removal is required for
> > the renovation of some older buildings.  At any rate, quite an additional
> > expense.
> >
> >
> > w.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Courtesy of KHQ at:
> >>
> >>
> >> <http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction><http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction>
> >> http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------
> >>
> >> Moscow federal building likely headed for auction
> >> MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - The U.S. General Services Administration has passed
> >> on a $300,000 offer from Latah County to purchase a Federal Building in
> >> north-central Idaho's Moscow.
> >>
> >> The county's offer expired Thursday, with the next step being an online
> >> auction.
> >>
> >> GSA says the building needs more than $3 million in renovations and it's
> >> better off selling it. The GSA wants $1.9 million.
> >>
> >> The Lewiston Tribune reports ( <http://bit.ly/L4rbyz><http://bit.ly/L4rbyz><http://bit.ly/L4rbyz>
> >> http://bit.ly/L4rbyz) that the online auction would require up-front
> >> money, possibly as high as $50,000, to register as a bidder.
> >>
> >> The county rents office space in the 53,000-square-foot building
> >> constructed in 1973. It houses the U.S. Post Office, U.S. Attorney's
> >> Office, U.S. Marshal's Office and other entities.
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------
> >>
> >> Could this be the new home of un-pastor Dougie Wilson's CALM (Come And
> >> Love Me) Shrine?
> >>
> >> [image: image.jpeg]
> >>
> >> [image: image.jpeg]
> >>
> >> This K-Mart blue light special can be all yours, Dougie, for a mere $1.9
> >> million (and $50,000 entry fee).  It'll make a great fixer-upper!
> >>
> >> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >>
> >> Tom Hansen
> >> Moscow, Idaho
> >>
> >> "If not us, who?
> >> If not now, when?"
> >>
> >> - Unknown
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
> > art.deco.studios at gmail.com
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