Upper Burrell is considering selling 3 acres of vacant land it owns in the township’s Lincoln Beach area after receiving interest from prospective buyers.
“We’re anxious to sell it. … It’s not being used for anything,” said Supervisors Chairman Ross G. Walker III, who estimates a handful of people have expressed interest in buying the property.
The land along Mosaic Boulevard is divided into three lots and would be sold together, with the township retaining the mineral rights, according to Walker. About two-thirds of the property is wooded, and the rest is a field, he said. It is zoned suburban-residential.
Walker estimated the township has owned the land since Lincoln Beach was laid out in the 1920s. He said the township had considered donating the land, but plans for that never came to fruition, and placing a park there would have been too expensive.
“We decided we’d put it up for sale,” Walker said.
“It could be a very beautiful property in the right hands. We’ll have to see what people want to do with it,” he said.
The minimum bid will be set at $6,000, Walker said. A professional appraisal determined that value.
Township supervisors will open any submitted bids for the property at their meeting June 5.
“If I am asked about the bids, I will tell (supervisors) that we need to review the bids,” solicitor Steve Yakopec said. “The board can award a bid contingent upon meeting the ad requirements. The board has advertised that it can reject any and all bids, as well.”
