A DEAL is close to being struck over the sale of former council offices.
The Guardian understands the local authority has received dozens of offers from property developers for the site in The Ridgeway, Chingford, which recently went on the market.
But the council has declined to reveal which company it is set to do a deal with, describing the information as 'commercially sensitive'.
An announcement is due to made on October 6.
The Ridgeway building closed in 2007 and the council was criticised by unions and Conservatives for renting office space elsewhere.
Local Tories also raised fears the sale was another example of the council abandoning the area, following the closure of the public toilets, the Waltham Forest Direct shop and the proposed closure of south Chingford Library.
The authority has reviewed the future of all its properties as it strives to save £65 million following a cut in government funding.
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