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Federal gov't is making cuts. This historic SouthCoast building is on the chopping block.

Two buildings owned by the federal government in the SouthCoast could be on the real estate market soon, including a historic property nearly 200 years old. 

 

The U.S. General Services Administration, an agency that handles procurement for the federal government including real estate, on Tuesday published a list of 440 “non-core assets” — buildings and office space that are “not core to government operations,” with the intent to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of them.  

 

The Social Security Administration building at 400 N. Main St. in Fall River made the list, along with New Bedford’s U.S. Custom House, the historic Greek Revival building at 37 N. Second St. 

 

Read more at heraldnews.com.

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