Consolidated Freightways Continues Sale of Columbus Trucking Facilities.COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. -- Consolidated Freightways Consolidated Freight was the 3rd biggest trucking company in the US. In the 1930s they started their own truck manufacturing operation, Freightliner, now part of DaimlerChrysler. (CF) announces the closing of the sale of its long-time Columbus distribution facility in December to Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL ODFL Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc ODFL Orillia District Fastball League (Canada) ODFL One Dollar For Life ) and the upcoming sale of a second large transportation property on Georgesville Road in Columbus. On December 17, 2004, CF sold its Columbus terminal located at 2885 Alum Creek Drive to Old Dominion for $5.1 million. ODFL's existing trucking property at 1700 Georgesville Road in Columbus was sold to CF. Old Dominion is moving its operations from that property to the Alum Creek Drive property. CF's upcoming sale of the distribution facility at 1700 Georgesville Road continues the largest real estate sale in transportation history -- 227 total properties with an appraised value of over $400 million. Since CF filed for bankruptcy protection and closed its operations on September 3, 2002, the company has been liquidating the assets of the corporation under orders of the bankruptcy court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. . To date, 221 CF properties have been sold for $396 million. The Georgesville Road property will be offered for sale to the highest bidder HIGHEST BIDDER, contracts. He who, at an auction, offers the greatest price for the property sold. 2. The highest bidder is entitled to have the article sold at his bid, provided there has been no unfairness on his part. at a reserve auction scheduled for Thursday, March 10, 2005. The 8.2 acre property is comprised of a 65-dock door freight terminal/office building and an additional 10,350 sq. ft. maintenance building. An opening bid price has been established for the property at $1.25 million. Interested parties who would like to participate in the auction can access information about the property and the auction at www.cfterminals.com. Potential bidders need to pre-qualify and submit a deposit as indicated on the web page. Questions about the property or the bidding procedures should be directed to Chris Sloan at CFC CFC See: Controlled foreign corporation Trust at 360-448-4001. |
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