Tarrant County College is putting the 113-year-old shuttered TXU North Main Power Plant in Fort Worth up for sale, capping what began 20-plus years ago as a dream for the college to connect its downtown campus to the historic property north of the Trinity River.
College officials on Friday confirmed they will publish an invitation for bids beginning Oct. 23 on the 8-acre site on the northwest side of the North Main Street bridge along the river.
The property anchors the south end of the 300-plus-acre Panther Island, a proposed redevelopment of Northside acreage held by the Tarrant Regional Water District, Tarrant County, City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College and several property owners…