The Muckleshoot Tribe is going to buy the Auburn Eagles Club building and property at 702 M St. SE.

Auburn Aerie 2298 Club Manager Marv Little confirmed as much to the Auburn Reporter on Monday afternoon.

“It’s pending,” said Little. “There are details to work out, and it’ll happen.”

All members of the Aerie and Auxiliary attended a special meeting on Aug. 10 to talk about the possible sale.

It’s no secret that in the last decades, membership in fraternal clubs has fallen off drastically, and with it, such organizations have fallen on hard financial times.

Assessor’s records size the property at 215,589 square feet. The 18,700-square-foot building was put up in 1984. According to King County Assessor’s records, the current appraised value of the land and building is $1,693,600.

As of today, what the tribe intends to do with its pending purchase can only be a matter of speculation, as neither the tribe nor its spokesman has responded to requests for information. However, City officials have in the past had described seeing “plans for a hotel or theme park in the area.”

Doug Lein, economic development director for the City of Auburn, called the notions of a hotel or theme park one of those “urban myths” that have been making the rounds for years.

“I think this is really about the tribe wanting good ingress and egress to M Street for its other properties to the east,” Lein said.

The tribe has extended its holdings to the west of the reservation over the last 12 years.

The east edge of the Eagle’s property abuts the 70-acre, off-reservation portion of the old Miles Sand & Gravel Co. property in southeast Auburn, which the tribe bought in 2009. The acquisition included White Lake.

In 2004, the tribe acquired the 94-acre, on-reservation portion of the Miles Sand and Gravel property.

The tribe has leased the pit back to Miles Sand & Gravel.

One big unknown is whether the purchase will become trust land.