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Council hears major Westgate/Nicky redevelopment tax-abatement requests; long discussion and unanimous advisory recommendation
Summary
Developers and city staff presented two 15‑year, 100% property-tax abatement requests to support a commercial redevelopment of the former Sears and Elder Beerman sites; an advisory committee recommended approval and council engaged in extensive questioning.
City economic-development staff and private developers presented two tax-abatement applications on Nov. 12 intended to enable a multi-phase redevelopment of the former Sears and Elder Beerman properties along Secor that together comprise a roughly 30‑acre site.
Brandon Sellers of the Department of Economic Development and Liz Holland (Able/Abel Associates) said remediation and demolition were completed and that the master plan calls for approximately 246,000 square feet of new retail, restaurant and entertainment space.…
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