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Avon council designates Chicago Industrial Park area to begin tax-abatement review for 613,000-square-foot project
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2026-12 to designate an economic revitalization area at Chicago Industrial Park and begin the roughly 45-day tax-abatement review for a proposed 613,000-square-foot industrial building; the applicant has a tenant but has not provided job numbers, which staff requested before formal abatement consideration in May.
The Avon Town Council voted April 23 to declare an economic revitalization area (ERA) in the Chicago Industrial Park to begin a tax-abatement review for a proposed 613,000-square-foot industrial building.
Ryan, a town staff member, told council members this ERA designation is the first required step under state law and starts an approximately 45-day review process. Ryan said the applicant has identified a tenant but has not yet provided job-creation numbers requested by the town. “Since they did have a tenant, they asked us to expedite this tax abatement,” Ryan said, adding that the town’s tax-abatement committee will review the application and the council will hold a public hearing and formal consideration at its second May meeting.
Staff acknowledged a typographical error in the application packet that referenced an earlier resolution number (2021-05); staff said the applicant will correct the mistake. The council approved Resolution 2026-12 on a roll-call vote recorded as “For” from Bill Holland, Don Laudon, Greg Zusan and Jason Puckett.
Next steps: the tax-abatement committee will review the application, staff will seek the missing job numbers from the applicant, and the council will conduct a public hearing and a final vote at its next scheduled meeting for formal consideration of any abatement.
