County in Process of Unloading Surplus Buildings

PORTLAND-Multnomah County is in the process of unloading what it considers surplus property as it attempts to bring property holdings in line with its decreasing needs.

“The county is in economic dire straits,” Peter Wilcox of the county’s facilities and property management division tells GlobeSt.com. “When you have underutilized resources and hundreds of employees being cut, the first thing you do is get out of buildings with tremendous deferred maintenance coming due.”

The county will soon put out a request for offers for the Morrison Building, a 38,000-sf two-story building at Southeast 21st and Morrison Street, adjacent a local cemetery. The county also will be selling the Gresham Neighborhood Center, a 25ksf building in Downtown Gresham. “We’re aggressively selling those and looking at others as well,” says Wilcox.