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Former Madawaska border station up for auction

photo of old brick building PHOTO / COURTESY U.S. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION One of several buildings on the former Madawaska border station property.
By Tina Fischer

The Boston office of the U.S. General Services Administration will auction off the former land port of entry in Madawaska.

Perched on the border with Edmundston, New Brunswick, the nearly one-acre property sits at the northern tip of Aroostook County on the St. John River, at 63 Bridge Ave. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection closed the facility in 2024 and moved 1,000 feet to the west into the newly built Madawaska Land Port of Entry and International Bridge.

The flat, paved, southern portion of the property being auctioned includes a brick 5,800-square-foot, two-story main facility, which dates to 1959. There's an additional one-story building with two canopies, a guard shack and generator shed. 

The northern half of the parcel is in the floodplain on a steep, wooded slope and is not buildable.

The property is surrounded by the St. John River to the north and a rail line and paper mill to the south, east and west. 

The online auction started Aug. 20 and will continue until 4 p.m. on Oct. 8. Bidding starts at $25,000 and bidders must register and submit a $5,000 deposit.

"In the spirit of fiscal responsibility and smart asset management, GSA is transforming an underutilized border facility into an opportunity for community and economic development," Glenn Rotondo, public buildings service regional commissioner for the GSA, said in a statement.

Interested bidders should contact the GSA’s New England Office of Real Property Disposition, based in Boston.

The GSA manages a real estate portfolio of over 360 million square feet nationwide, oversees more than $110 billion in products and services via federal contracts, and delivers technology services across dozens of federal agencies. 

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