HUNTSVILLE — Calling it an “important asset,” Huntsville is acquring the former federal courthouse downtown.
The transaction is a property swap, the city said, and involves no money. Huntsville provided the site for the new U.S. courthouse that opened this year at the intersection of Lowe Avenue and Gallatin Street.
At Thursday’s regular meeting, the City Council approved an agreement with the General Services Administration to acquire the now-vacant former U.S. Courthouse on Holmes Avenue…