Tax deal for Logan Street project lasts 20 years

By The Citizen staff report

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:59 PM EST

The developers of the Logan Park Lofts in Auburn will not pay property taxes for the first five years of the development's operation beginning July 2010, according to an agreement with the Auburn Industrial Development Authority.
AIDA approved the 20-year agreement with Logan Street LLC at its meeting Tuesday, but details were not immediately known.

The agency said Wednesday that the deal provides for payments in lieu of taxes on a high-end apartment and townhouse complex that is expected to be finished at the end of the year, or early in 2010.

According to the agreement, developers will pay taxes based on the investment amount of $1.3 million and the taxable value will increase at an annual rate of 0.6 percent.

When developers begin to pay on the unit in 2015, the taxable value will be $1.332 million.

After the end of the PILOT agreement, Logan Street LLC will pay full taxes on the property.

The property, a former piano factory located at 9-11 Logan St., is currently assessed at $140,000, according to county tax records.

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brew1234 wrote on Feb 12, 2009 11:34 PM:

" If this high end project attracts wealthy tenants some of them may be small business owners or investors and could bring business to the area. When taxes are collected, that will increase the tax base of the city. If the city wants development and a better future it must attract it with tax breaks. If not then other communities will get these developments. "

FS II wrote on Feb 12, 2009 9:41 PM:

" Didn't these guy get some kind of grant from the city or state to help build these apts.? Now they get a 20 year tax break! What home owner gets a grant from the city or state to remodel his home and then get a 20 year tax break to boot? With the jobs leaving the area, who is going to afford to rent or buy one of these high end apts, or townhouses? Will the city get stuck with them down the road? "

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