Austin student housing firm offers Port $1.258 million

Port of Whitman commissioners and staff discussed selling a portion of their Pullman Industrial Park-West property to a housing developer and approved sponsorship for the annual fly-in at the Colfax Airport at their meeting July 18.

Aspen Heights, an off-campus student housing development company based in Austin, Texas, has proposed to purchase about 23.26 acres from the port’s PIP-West property. The property is currently used to grow wheat. The area was annexed into the city of Pullman several years ago.

The Port property, which totals 100.5 acres, is located on the southwest corner of Pullma...