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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
EMPIRE TODAY LLC CLASS 6B SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY RELIEF (SER)
WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) application containing the following information:
Applicant: Empire Today, LLC
Address: 333 Northwest Avenue, Northlake, Illinois 60164
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Northlake
Cook County District: 17
Permanent Index Number: 12-31-301-026-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: R-17-2014
Number of year's property occupied by same industrial user: 11
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
Evidence of economic hardship: Excessive vacancy in area, Obsolescence and Inadequate Utilities
Estimated # of jobs created by this project: N/A
Estimated # of jobs retained at this location: 350 full-time jobs
Estimated # of employees in Cook County: Same as above
Estimated # of construction jobs: N/A
Proposed use of property: Industrial - Warehousing and distribution
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b Sustainable Emergency Relief (SER) Program that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for a qualified industrial facility; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment defines abandoned property as buildings and other structures that, after having been vacant and unused for at least 24 continuous months, have been purchased for value by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest; and
WHEREAS, in the instance where real estate does not meet the definition of abandoned property as defined herein, the municipality or the County Board, as the case may be, may still determine that special
WHEREAS, Class 6b SER requires the validation by the County Board of the fin...
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