LaPorte County Redevelopment Commission adopts tax-increment resolution and discusses Kingsbury development

The LaPorte County Redevelopment Commission on March 25 adopted Resolution 012026, a determination of tax increment for the 2027 budget year for the commission's allocation area, and discussed infrastructure and easement matters tied to development at Kingsbury Industrial Park.

The commission's presiding chair said the sanitary district had requested an ingress and egress easement; the easement document has been prepared and is awaiting recording at the recorder's office. "Once I get that recorded document back, the transfer document will be done," the chair said, adding that attorney Jewel Harris already has the final transfer documents and that the commission expects the transfer to be completed by next month or, at the latest, by the May meeting.

Commission members also heard detailed remarks about rail operations and safety at Kingsbury Industrial Park. The chair said the park has a Federal Railroad Administration-regulated private switcher and that a derail had been installed at the end of the line as a safety improvement. The chair said additional coordination with rail partners, including CN, is underway to meet rail-operator requirements.

The chair described ongoing work with NIPSCO to identify electrical pathways to power parcels in Kingsbury to support potential data center development and battery or other energy-generation projects. He noted the property has been zoned for heavy industrial uses since the 1940s and emphasized the site's access to transportation and utilities as advantages for future development.

The commission formally adopted Resolution 012026 on the tax-increment determination during the meeting. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript; the chair stated the resolution passed.