As announced a while back, Portland’s iconic Custom House between NW Broadway and the North Park Blocks is going up for auction.
- Brian Libby
Two banners hanging from the building direct potential bidders to AuctionRP.com, the federal government’s clearinghouse for unwanted government real estate. Visit the site and you can see who’s bidding on the property, as well as a little description:
This beautiful, historic 1901 building at 220 NW 8th Ave., Portland, Oregon, is located on .88 acres and consists of approximately 78,838 +/- gross square feet.
Suggested opening bid: $2.5 million.
Update 3:35 pm: We have some commenters suggesting possible uses, as well as a Blogtown collection pool to buy the building. What would YOU do with the space?
PDF link to description, floor plans, more.
I wonder what it’s like inside. That’s one sweet property.
Alright, Blogtownies, let’s take up a collection. I have $44.79 to put toward our collective purchase of this building.
Affordable housing! Do it, rich folk.
Rollercoaster! (oh wait, that was the other building across town, sorry)
Imagine a year-round market (farmers market + Saturday market combined), with affordable housing on the floors above. Just add a bike rack outside, and it’s got to be worth a bit of city money…
Surely the PDC can be hoodwinked into grossly overpaying for this property.
Turn it into the JustUs League of Steampunkers headquarters
Doesn’t it need a massive amount of money spent to make sure the place doesn’t fall down like a house of cards in an earthquake?