IT IS not quite the sale of the century.
But Hull City Council is currently carrying out an unprecedented trimming of its portfolio of land and buildings.
The move is part of a drive to reduce costs and while bringing in extra income to offset multi-million-pound funding cuts.
Recent disposals have ranged from former offices based in a Victorian villa overlooking Pearson Park to a 1960s parade of shops in Bransholme.
Now a new list of surplus council assets either currently up for sale or expected to be put on the market has been published.
It includes:
Kingston House in Bond Street, where expressions of interest will soon be invited for a freehold sale.
The Newland Centre in Newland Avenue, which is being marketed as a "refurbishment or redevelopment opportunity".
The site of the former Lexington Avenue nightclub in Ferensway along with another recently cleared site directly opposite.
The former Sutton Place secure unit site in Saltshouse Road which could be offered for individual self-build housing plots.
Ex-council offices and land in Coltman Street.
Lib Dem Councillor Claire Thomas said while the drive to reduce costs made sense, the recent decision to buy the Pacific Exchange offices in High Street from police and crime commissioner Matthew Grove remained puzzling.
She said: "If we have so much surplus office space in and around the city centre, I just can't see the need to spend £386,000 on acquiring Pacific Exchange.
"It is a lovely building, but when we already appear to have plenty of empty available buildings which we are looking to get rid of, I do not think it was a good decision to buy another one."
It is thought the new company being set up to run the 2017 UK City of Culture programme will be based in Pacific Exchange.
The historic building was meant to be open to the public last weekend as part of the annual Heritage Open Days programme.
However, a planned talk by local historian John Markham had to be cancelled when he arrived to find a notice on the front door saying it was closed due to "unforeseen circumstances".
The list of council land and buildings currently classed as surplus to requirements and intended for disposal appeared in a report tabled for this week's economic and regeneration scrutiny commission.
The report says individual prospectus are being produced for certain development sites with the aim of bringing them to the market at different times.
It says: "Others will follow within the context of not saturating the Hull property market where property values are not as high as regional competitors such as Leeds and Sheffield."
The report also reveals a £10,000 budget has been set aside for the current year to provide basic maintenance at cleared council-owned sites across the city pending their redevelopment.
The money will be spent on the removal of fly-tipping, litter picking and cutting back weed growth.
