U.S. Postal Service Decides Not to Sell Downtown Post Office
June 10,2014
Reposted from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
BY CATY HIRST
chirst@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — The same day a city board voted to make a $7 million offer to buy the historic downtown post office, the U.S. Postal Service announced the building is not for sale after all.
“After further review, the Postal Service has decided to retain the Fort Worth, TX — Downtown Station for Postal operations,” Arlene A. Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the postal service, said in a statement released Tuesday. “The retail operation will not be impacted. Relocation of this operation will not be required. At this time the property will not be marketed for sale.”
The Lancaster Tax Increment Reinvestment Board voted unanimously a few hours earlier to make an offer to buy the downtown post office. The purchase was contingent upon approval by the Fort Worth City Council and other taxing entities — the Tarrant County Hospital District, Tarrant County College District and the Tarrant Regional Water District.
Councilman Jungus Jordan, who also serves as chairman of the tax increment board set up by the city, said board members had “no clue” the Postal Service had decided not to sell.
“Quite frankly, we are pleased. Our concern was that the building would go unoccupied and fall into deterioration,” Jordan said about the Postal Service’s decision not to sell.
“We were going under good faith that we were going to make our offer, so we are pleased as punch we won’t have to secure the building, but it will be secured and used for a good public use,” Jordan said.
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