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Developer warns delay could end Canal Village 3 affordable housing project; committee advances continuance

5385756 · July 14, 2025
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Developer Gary Hobbs and residents urged the Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee not to postpone Canal Village 3, saying tax-credit timing and increased costs threaten the project. The committee recorded a motion and the transcript shows the motion carried; the item had been postponed previously and supporters were acknowledged.

The Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee heard an update on Canal Village 3 (proposal 184) on July 14, with developer Gary Hobbs warning that a further delay could put the project’s tax-credit financing and construction timeline at risk.

Hobbs, introduced as president and CEO of Bridal, told the committee that the project’s tax credits have a fixed timeframe and that the developer had already received one…

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