What To Do With A Spare $300,000+
By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jul 9, 2009 8:40PM
Buy this old post office! The auction selling off the old Main Chicago Post Office (433 W. Van Buren) kicks off August 27 and Rick Levin & Associates Inc., which is running the auction, has suggested opening bid of $300,000. Which is cheaper than a helluva lot of condos and houses on the North Side. Of course, we expect to sell for just a little bit more than that. Sure, it's a fixer-upper, but: three million square feet, on the river, easy access to an interstate that, uh, passes underneath it, West Loopish location...[Sun-Times]