Surplus Archdiocese Assets Drawing Interest

CHICAGO-The Archdiocese of Chicago has three South Side parishes on the sales block, though not necessarily for the highest bidders. A key requirement for the sale of 182,350 sf of surplus property will be an intended use that fits in with the surrounding neighborhood, which in all cases, includes other Roman Catholic parishes within walking distance.

Those parishes also stand to reap the benefit of the sale of the assets.

“It’s not just a dollars and cents decision,” says Staubach Co. senior vice president Martin F. Jablonski, whose company has been hired by the Chicago Archdiocese. “The Archdiocese is ambitious about returning the land to vital, community use.”