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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ORCHARD PARK PLAZA, LLC CLASS 8 PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST
WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 application containing the following information:
Applicant: Orchard Park Plaza, LLC
Address: 120-138 and 158 S. Orchard Drive, Park Forest, Illinois
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Village of Park Forest, Illinois
Cook County District: 6
Permanent Index Number: 31-36-101-021-0000 and 31-36-101-022-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: 14-6
Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 60 months vacant
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
Estimated Number of jobs created by this project: 30 full-time, 30 part-time
Estimated Number of jobs retained at this location: None
Estimated Number of employees in Cook County: None
Estimated Number of construction jobs: 5
Proposed use of property: Commercial use: The leased space commercial grocery store the unoccupied unit will be leased to a commercial user.
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: No, does not apply to commercial users
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 8 that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for an abandoned 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 more than 24 continuous months, there has been no purchased for value by a purchaser and the property is in need of substantial rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, in the instance where the property does not meet the definition of abandoned property, the municipality or the Board of Commissioners, may determine that special circumstances may exist that justify finding that the property is abandoned for ...
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