Two downtown buildings that housed city offices until staff moved to the new City Hall are headed for a sale vote Tuesday.
The Fort Worth City Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at City Hall, 100 Fort Worth Trail. One of the action items the city listed would approve selling its property at 900, 908 and 910 Monroe St., plus a parking lot, for $4.3 million.
What is being sold
The buyer is Jun Crown Properties, which operates under Kent & Co. Property, according to Fort Worth Magazine and the Fort Worth Report. The package covers four parcels:
- 900 Monroe St., the four-story Gordon Swift Building
- 908 Monroe St., the seven-story Lone Star Gas Building, an art deco design by architect Wyatt C. Hedrick from 1929
- 910 Monroe St., a former lot for water customers
- 917 Taylor St., a former parking lot for the council
Jun Crown would take the properties as-is. The city has agreed to repair the neon blue flame on top of 908 Monroe and put it back in working order, after which upkeep passes to the buyer.
Under the same deal the city would rent Jun Crown 25 spaces in the Pinnacle Garage and 20 in the Burnett Lofts Garage at $120 a space each month, or $64,800 a year, Fort Worth Magazine reported from a staff report presented to the council on Sept. 29.
The city bought the Lone Star Gas Building in 1995 for $800,000, the Report said, and put the buildings and lots on the market in 2024 through the broker JLL. A parking garage that was part of that original listing will stay with the city.
