Department: County Engineer
Department Head/Elected Official: Loyd Smith, P.E., Interim County Engineer
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Asset Management
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Participation (if applicable): N/A
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval, on behalf of the Harris County Toll Road Authority, for Harris County Real Property Division to declare as surplus property and offer the right to repurchase to the previous owner or alternatively, sell 2702 Collingsworth Street, Houston, TX 77026, also known as Lot 13, Block 2, Industrial Center of Porter Baker, and the Harris County Real Property Division be authorized to enter into a listing agreement for the sale, should the previous owner not be interested, Precinct 1.
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Background and Discussion:
For the construction of the Collingsworth Street Overpass, Harris County Toll Road Authority required 3,500 SF of a 22,000 SF tract (approximately 15% of the property). However, the proposed acquisition impacted the existing business. Upon the property owner's request, HCTRA acquired the entire tract and utilized the existing property and warehouse as a field office during construction. Now that the construction is complete, HCTRA has no further use for the property outside of the project right-of-way.
It is recommended that the Commissioners Court authorize Harris County, on behalf of HCTRA, to declare as surplus property and offer the right to repurchase to the previous owner or alternatively, sell 2702 Collingsworth Street, Houston, TX 77026, also known as Lot 13, Block 2 Industrial Center of Porter Baker, and the Harris County Real Property Division be authorized to enter into a listing agreement pursuant to Local Government Code ?263.008 by which the commissioners court of a county may contract with a licensed real estate broker to sell a tract of real property that is owned by a county. The ...
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