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Hammond Redevelopment Commission approves multiple property sales, RFP acceptances and purchase agreements

5817512 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

At its Sept. 16 meeting the commission approved minutes, accepted multiple RFP responses for city-owned parcels, approved a second amendment to a data-center ground lease, assigned a Clark Field lot, approved building cleanup estimates, and cleared purchase and license agreements for several properties.

The Hammond City Redevelopment Commission on Sept. 16 approved a series of routine but consequential redevelopment actions, moving multiple parcels and projects forward across the city.

Staff reported that the Redevelopment Department had opened bids and requests for proposals for residential and commercial parcels including the final three Clark Field parcels; staff said the Clark Field RFP was published in the New York Times and that bids are due Oct. 7 with openings scheduled for the commission's Oct. 7 meeting. "This is another great step the commission is taking for new homes and new development in Hammond," staff member Anne Taylor told the commission.

Key approvals and outcomes the commission voted on at the meeting included:

- Approval of the August meeting minutes (motion passed by roll call, 5-0).

- Acceptance of RFP responses and referral to staff for four parcels (611 Cane Street; 5658 Walter Street; 6239 Harrison Avenue; 913 Bauer). Staff reported three proposals for those parcels: a…

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