Selling Asarco: Unexpected $18 Million Boosts Cleanup

By Robert Gray / El Paso Inc.

It?s a monumental task: cleaning a property polluted by arsenic, cadmium, lead and other contaminants. But even harder might be selling the 410-acre former Asarco property, some local real estate experts say.

And that?s why the trustee overseeing the remediation and sale of the property says he is already reaching out to potential buyers, although the clean up won?t be complete until 2015.

?I want them to witness (the cleanup) and ask questions,? trustee Roberto Puga says. ?It?s an iconic piece of property and that is why I am working hard to find a use that is worthy of this location.?

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