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.<br>
<br><br>w.<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of KHQ at:</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction" target="_blank">http://www.khq.com/story/18686931/moscow-federal-building-likely-headed-for-auction</a><br>
<span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span><h3>Moscow federal building likely headed for auction</h3></span></div><div><span>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.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>The county's offer expired Thursday, with the next step being an online auction.</span><br><span></span><br><span>GSA says the building needs more than $3 million in renovations and it's better off selling it. The GSA wants $1.9 million.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>The Lewiston Tribune reports (<a href="http://bit.ly/L4rbyz" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/L4rbyz" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/L4rbyz" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://bit.ly/L4rbyz" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/L4rbyz</a>) that the online auction would require up-front money, possibly as high as $50,000, to register as a bidder.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>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.</span><br>
<span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>Could this be the new home of un-pastor Dougie Wilson's CALM (Come And Love Me) Shrine?</div><div><br></div><div>
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<br></div><div>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!<br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br>
<span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br>
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