Port Coquitlam took in an extra $400,000 last week after selling six of its surplus lots to five buyers.
The city had listed the McLean Avenue parcels for a total of $2.3 million but gained more than $2.7 million; it had held the vacant properties since the 1920s.
Proceeds from the sale will go into the city's land sales reserve fund, which — under the provincial Community Charter — must be used for capital infrastructure and future land acquisitions.
Last year, the city sold a 1.8-acre parcel, zoned for multi-family residential housing, at 2560 Pitt River Rd. for $5.4 million; it had been assessed at $3.68 million.
Another surplus city lot is expected to go on the market later this year, said Braden Hutchins, PoCo's corporate officer and lands manager.
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