Topeka’s city government will try to sell property it owns at 1121 SE Quincy St. — including a huge, iconic, former water tower that’s about 85 years old — in its current “as is/where is” condition. The mayor and council voted 10-0 late April 7 to authorize city manager Robert Perez to engage a real estate broker to help the city try to sell that property, which is also the site of a parking lot the city maintains. The vote came after deputy city manager Braxton Copley said the water tower and an underground storage tank on the property haven’t been part of the city’s water distribution system for more than 26 years.
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