Salt Lake warehouse ICE bought for a detention center is listed for sale

The warehouse at 6020 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought for a planned detention center is now listed for sale, KSL reported. The real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield is marketing the roughly 883,000-square-foot building, which ICE bought in March for $145.44 million. ^[1]

The Salt Lake property is one of seven former proposed ICE sites in what the listing calls the "Federal Warehouse Portfolio," KSL reported. The others are in Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas. Each is offered separately, the listing shows no asking prices, and no date has been set for offers on the Utah site. ^[1]

Federal officials have dropped the plan to convert the building, KSL reported, with the change first emerging in June and confirmed in an August court filing. Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the plan, arguing officials did not follow proper federal procedures, and that case is still pending. In a joint filing, the city, county and federal officials said the property remains in federal hands and that the government still intends to dispose of it. ^[1]

U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Pead extended by 90 days, to Jan. 18, the deadline for a status report on sale efforts. His order says the defendants "shall not take any action to convert the Salt Lake facility" into a detention center while the stay is in effect, according to KSL. ^[1]