MARIETTA - The ultimate fate of the Glass Press, Union Station and Putnam Commons buildings in downtown Marietta remains a mystery, but the current tenants in those facilities don't seem overly concerned.

The properties, appraised at more than $1.1 million, were scheduled to be sold at a sheriff's foreclosure sale on Dec. 19, but according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, no bids were received on that date.

"What we want everyone to know is that we're not moving. This building was tailor-made for us, and I'm still in a long-term lease here," said Mark Bauer with Bauer Vision Center in the Union Station building at 208 Putnam St.

The vision center has been located at Union Station for more than three years.

Bauer's next-door neighbor is the Pioneer Hearing Aid Center.

"We have no reason to leave. This is a good location and I plan to renew our lease," said manager Andy Becker.

Across the hall, Juda's Hair Again has also been at Union Station for three years.

"I still have two years on my current lease, so we're not going anywhere," said owner Juda Coleman, who operates the business with six other hair stylists.

"As customers have gotten used to us being in this location, our business has been good," she said.

The Putnam Commons building at 121 Putnam St. houses several entities, including Joe's Hotz N Brotz, the Marietta/Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Appalachian Nutrition Network, and the Marietta Community Foundation.

A sign on the front of Putnam Commons lists five suites currently for rent on the first and second floors of the building.

Bill Thompson with the community foundation said broker Bob Wright, with Warfield Realtors LLC in Parkersburg, has been designated as receiver for the properties by RBS Citizens NA of Cleveland, plaintiffs in the foreclosure case.

"He has been good to work with," Thompson said of Wright. "And Bob is taking good care of the building."

Phone calls to Wright and RBS Citizens attorney Kirk Roessler were not returned as of Wednesday evening, but some tenants said they've heard the mortgage company may keep the buildings as investment properties.

The Glass Press, Union Station and Putnam Common properties, located at 217 Union St., 206 and 212 Putnam St., and 117-121 Putnam St., respectively, belonged to former Glass Press owner Dave Richardson, who closed the collectibles magazine business and took a position as a senior pastor in Oak Hill, W.Va., in the fall of 2006.

According to the Washington County Sheriff's Web site, www.washingtoncountysheriff.org, the 117-121 Putnam St. property is appraised at $480,000, and the minimum acceptable bid was $320,000 in the foreclosure sale.

The buildings at 206 and 212 Putnam St. are appraised at $630,000, and a minimum bid of $420,000 was requested at the sheriff's sale.

Washington County Treasurer Dorothy Peppel said taxes owed on both parcels totaled $7,850 on Feb. 27 of this year. But the delinquency had been paid off on Nov. 25.