Anybody want a 600,000+ sq ft "castle" for anything?
Our city of Fergus Falls, MN has a 618,974 square foot building on a 36 acre parcel of land for sale. Formerly a state hospital, it has sat mostly unused for about a decade. It's for sale for redevelopment and the only interested purchaser right now has no intention of turning it in to an economic powerhouse for our city, only to preserve it. I'd rather see it preserved while also becoming something amazing like it was.

If you're interested in it, it's probably best to contact the City of Fergus Falls about it directly.

We need this to be something more than a historical landmark...

[Fergus Falls RTC](http://www.fergusfallsrtc.com/)
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