Six bids totaling $555,000 were made on six Gary Community School Corp. properties in a sale that ended Friday.
School officials opened the bids Monday on the public sale that included 33 vacant properties, primarily schools.
One separate bid of $100,000 was made during an earlier round of bidding by the city of Gary for Franklin Elementary School, 600 E. 35th Ave. The city wants to build an affordable housing complex on the site.
School district emergency manager Peggy Hinckley has the right to accept or reject any bids. She also can hold a public auction on the properties after bidders are notified.
Hinckley said the offers will be discussed at a closed-door meeting Tuesday.
The Carver Elementary bid offer entails a large-scale proposal to create a Broadway Logistics Complex. The bid proposal from Little Calumet Greenspace LLC, based in Chicago, stated it has been acquiring vacant lots and homes to the east of Carver and seeks to collaborate with the city to develop a Class A logistics warehouse of up to 1.2 million square feet on Interstate 80-94.
The number of jobs estimated to be created is 1,000 to 1,400.
“LCG long-term goals are to transform the quadrants of real estate adjacent to the interstate in Gary into a logistic complex,” its proposal stated.
In its bid proposal, the company said it had several interested parties who wish to co-develop or lease the 76-acre complex once the land is assembled. Little Calumet Greenspace said it’s allocated $2 million for the demolition and cleanup of the site with infrastructure changes.
Here’s a look at the offers and proposed use for each property:
Bid: $150,000 from Indiana-American Water Co.
Use: The water company says it would use the property for future expansion and other capital improvements to the Borman Park Water Treatment plant, 650 Madison St.
Bid: $35,000 from Henry Leong as managing member of Little Calumet Greenspace LLC
Use: The school would be environmentally remediated and razed, and the footprint of the site would be developed into a logistics complex.
Bid: $100,000 from Patheon Corp. of Indiana (Noblesville)
Use: Mixed-use development with five townhouses, offices and an owner warehouse.
Bid: $35,000
Use: Household waste drop-off facility; building would be demolished.
Bid: $75,000 from First Metro Development
Use: Planned unit development of affordable housing and commercial retail stores.
Bid: $160,000 from Gary Housing Authority
Use: Single family, senior designated affordable and market rate housing. It would include development of 25 to 50 homes to serve an estimated 81 to 162 residents.
