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Council approves submission of Merle Hay IRA amendment after updated sales analysis
Summary
Urbandale council approved a resolution to forward an amended Iowa Reinvestment Act (IRA) application for the Merle Hay Reinvestment District to the state after incorporating an AECOM sales analysis and adjusting scope and milestone deadlines.
The Urbandale City Council voted to approve a council letter forwarding an amendment to the Iowa Reinvestment Act application for the Merle Hay Reinvestment District to the state economic development authority. The amendment updates the project scope and incorporates a new sales-tax projection prepared by AECOM.
The amendment replaces the originally planned four-sheet hockey complex with a multiuse arena, adds a volleyball facility and expands pickleball programming while keeping other elements — a campus hotel, new retail parcels and mall interior improvements — in the overall plan. Aaron Young, Urbandale’s economic development director, said the updated AECOM analysis estimates about $1.6 billion of incremental retail and event-related sales over 20 years, translating to roughly $64 million in potential…
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