EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — The Wainwright State Office Building in downtown St. Louis is slated to sell in an $8.4 million deal.
An undisclosed buyer won an auction for the state-owned property, with a high bid of $8.25 million and total sale price of $8.4 million, according to government surplus auction website GovDeals. Bidding started at $5 million for the 234,600-square-foot Wainwright building, which hit the market in July.
Heather Vandeloecht, deputy director of planning and real estate services with Missouri’s Office of Administration, confirmed the auction results. She declined to disclose the identity of the winning bidder, citing ongoing negotiations in the sale. It wasn’t immediately clear how many bids were received for the Wainwright building. Marketing materials for the auction said the sale would have a 120-day closing period.
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