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Tracy council directs staff to develop vacant-building options after staff report; will pursue economic-development steps
Summary
After a staff presentation on retail vacancy trends and options, the Tracy City Council instructed staff to pursue a mix of measures — continued economic-development recruitment and planning work plus further study of registration/fee tools — and to return with implementation details.
City staff briefed the Tracy City Council on March 18 about retail vacancy trends and possible policy responses, and council voted to direct staff to pursue a set of actions that emphasize continued economic-development outreach and additional study of regulatory tools for recurring vacancies.
Forrest Epps, the city—s director of community and economic development, presented data showing local and regional vacancy patterns, noted several confirmed forthcoming leases and tenant changes, and described a menu of policy options for council consideration. Epps said the West Valley Mall accounts for a sizeable portion of the city—s retail vacancy rate and that national trends in online retail and construction costs are affecting where new retailers…
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