QUINCY – Every time another bidder considered whether to offer another $5,000 for the 12,000-square-foot building at the corner of 20th Street and Hampshire, Trina Casburn quickly countered with another $5,000.
At the auction, it became clear that the owner of Quincy Storage and Transfer was interested in the property. She purchased the property for $345,000 at Monday’s auction at the former headquarters of the Quincy Public Schools Department of Transportation.
Brothers Sam and Max Dancer were also interested in the property, as were several other bidders who made offers. The Dancers stuck with Casburn until the end, but when attorney David Penn asked them if they wanted to pay $350,000, Sam Dancer said with a smile, “She can have that.”
QPS has put the property up for auction after the Department of Transportation relocates to the former K&L Arena site at 1600 N. 43rd, and the district’s maintenance and IT departments will also be fully relocated there later this year.
Casburn said she plans to use the property for boat and RV storage, and it will be in addition to the company’s main building at 2925 Wismann Lane. She said she has not yet spoken to the city about the zoning changes needed to allow her to use the property as intended, but said the use will be low-impact and with minimal traffic.
The property is currently zoned R1C, a residential single-family neighborhood. QPS operated the facility under a special use permit, as did the city when it housed Quincy Transit Lines buses before they moved to Central Services at 2020 Jennifer Lane.
The Quincy School Board will vote on whether to accept Casburn’s offer at its Aug. 21 meeting.
