Tax bills spur eBay listing for Anderson offices

ANDERSON, Ind. — Two investors stung by soaring property taxes have listed three Anderson office buildings on eBay in hopes of drumming up interest in the $4.5 million package deal.

The buildings include two high-rises and a two-story office building.

Real estate agent Jeanne Clarkson said investors Albert Golukhov and Nikolaos Tsatov decided to sell the buildings after changes in how the state taxes commercial property caused their tax bills to soar. She told The Herald Bulletin (http://bit.ly/qNLKfB ) that the taxes are based on the $3.4 million the buildings sold for but don’t reflect the fact that they are only about 60 percent occupied.

“More than 25 percent of the gross income of those properties goes toward property taxes,” Clarkson said.

Clarkson posted the sale on eBay as a marketing tool in hopes of reaching a broader audience. She said the buildings aren’t up for auction.

The eBay listing so far has generated more than 50 leads from the U.S., Canada and Great Britain.

Clarkson said the ideal buyer will be someone with large cash reserves and the ability to wait until the market rebounds and occupancy increases.

Linda Dawson, Anderson’s economic development director, said the buildings would be a good fit for small- to medium-size professional service businesses, including call centers.

She said she hopes the buildings become more active and bring more businesses and people downtown.

“We think that any time there are new owners to a building they will bring fresh perspectives to the building,” she said. “Often they will have their own set of (business) contacts, and that can only be positive.”

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Information from: The Herald Bulletin, http://www.theheraldbulletin.com