Vacant mobile home park land in Cathedral City to be auctioned
Blake Herzog • The Desert Sun • June 25, 2010
For sale: Five acres in Cathedral City, with 150 palm trees and a lot of baggage.
The U.S. Trustee’s Program on Saturday will have an auction for the former site of Marie’s R.V. and Mobilehome Park at 67-500 Jones Road, behind the Boomer’s miniature golf and amusement park.Jack Pope, a field agent for U.S. Trustee Robert Goodrich’s office, said the property was valued at $3.3 million about two years ago, just before the real estate market crashed.A would-be buyer had then offered about $2 million but ultimately wasn’t able to close the deal. So an auction will take place on the site at 10 a.m. Saturday, without any opening bid.“I’ll just call it in to see if it’s approved,” Pope said, adding that a trustee’s court representative would be there to tell him “on the spot” whether the bids are acceptable.Pope said he did not know how many bidders there might be on Saturday, but there is at least one seriously interested bidder. Pope would not identify the bidder but said it would likely be ready to disclose plans if the bid succeeds.The trailer park was notorious for its substandard living conditions, City Councilman Paul Marchand said.“What wasn’t there? There were problems with electricity, raw sewage — the conditions were worse than Third World,” he said.Local officials worked for years to try to close down the park and the former owner and manager were ordered to pay Cathedral City $172,210 in legal fees.Almost a year earlier, park residents were given a combined $220,000 to cover moving expenses.Pope said the last of the roughly 70 families that had been living there left about eight months ago.“(Goodrich) did a great job at getting all these people relocated,” he said. “He did a job nobody else could do.”In your voice|Read reactions to this story Newest first Oldest first
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