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Fort Worth Expected to Make Offer for Historic Downtown Post Office

June 7,2014

Photo By Scott Nishimura

Reposted from the Fort Worth Business Press

Scott Nishimura
snishimura@bizpress.net

Fort Worth is moving toward making an offer for the historic downtown U.S. Post Office on West Lancaster Avenue, to secure the building after the government’s decision earlier this year to move postal services to another location.

The board of Fort Worth’s Tax Increment Finance District 8 - the Lancaster TIF - on Tuesday will discuss a potential resolution approving an agreement with the city to pursue purchasing the property, 251 W. Lancaster.

“The Post Office is not only historically important for all of us, it’s a critical piece in the future development of the Lancaster corridor,” City Councilman Jungus Jordan, chairman of the Lancaster TIF, said in an interview.

“We’re interested in making an offer, and we’ll have that discussion with the TIF board,” he said.

“We do not know what the future use will be,” he added. “We just want to make sure we secure the facility.”

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