A Columbus landmark will be on the auction block today. The Clarion Hotel and Conference Center is slated to be auctioned at a sheriff’s sale at 10 a.m. this morning. The hotel on Jonathan Moore Pike has been going through foreclosure proceedings and is now up for sale to the highest bidder.

The sheriff’s department reports that there has been a lot of interest in the sale today with more than 30 people expected to attend and possibly bid on the building.

The hotel suffered extensive damage during the 2008 flood and its value has dropped steadily since an assessed value of $13.6 million in March of that year, according to the county property tax records. The building is now valued at just over $2.7 million dollars according to the county.

The sale will be held in the training room of the sheriff’s department offices and jail on Second Street in Columbus.