7/3/14 - The Howell Board of Education will consider an attractive offer on a prime piece of real estate that it owns during Monday nightâs meeting. The board will consider a formal offer to sell the now leveled Latson Road Elementary School property to St. John's Providence Health System when it meets next week. Although it has not been finalized, Howell Superintendent Ron Wilson feels itâs more than a fair offer and told WHMI itâs certainly something that should be considered. The property was appraised at $5 (m) million this past October and the offer on the table is $5,075,000. If approved, Wilson says computations showed that this would be the highest price per acre paid for a piece of property sold in Livingston County in the last ten years, which precedes the market crash and downturn in real estate prices. Wilson noted that if the deal is approved and assuming a medical facility of some kind goes in, it could be a real positive for not only for the school district but the community as a whole since it would bring more jobs and doctors to the area. It's expected to be a medical professional office facility. Wilson says the district has various capital improvement needs that need to be examined and itâs been more than ten years since any bond issue or sinking fund so this could provide an opportunity to deal with technology and busing needs, as well as aging infrastructure such as roofs and parking lots. (JM)
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