Heukers now own old CL fire hall

“We want to get a better feel for the building,” Heuker said. “There is a lot of legwork to be done. There are a few people interested in renting the building, but we had to get the deal done first.”

Hood River News announced in December the building had been sold, but Cascade Locks City Manager Gordon Zimmerman said the deal was complete, check in hand, last week.

Heuker said the family, which fishes in Alaska, is considering many options, including the possibility of a fish market, but he said other options will be explored first.

“If it’s something new to the community, we’re up for that,” Heuker said.

“I like the building,” he said. “I want to keep the building, get it up to par, and hopefully we can do that. That’s our intention to get it up structurally to where it works. Beyond that I don’t know what we’re going to do,

Zimmerman said the city sold the building, which has numerous issues, to the Heukers “as-is. Zimmerman said in 2014 that the 2,000-square-foot structure was not up to code, had broken pipes, aging rafters, a frame that consisted of non-reinforced concrete and may not have adequate fire flow, depending on its future use. The city received its asking price on the .29-acre property, which Zimmerman said essentially comprised the appraised value of the land.

Zimmerman said the money from the sale of the old fire hall to the Heukers would likely be used to pay off city debt, including a loan from the city’s electric fund that helped pay for the construction of the new fire hall.