Mystery grocer a sticking point as board rejects tax plan for Union Depot
At the Union Depot mixed-use project on U.S. 70 in Bartlett a row of townhomes is finished and nearly sold out. (Michael Waddell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
An attempt to enlarge the Union Depot TIF district in Bartlett hit some resistance on Tuesday night, Aug. 26, thanks to an unannounced grocery store.
The city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted 3-2 with one abstention against an economic impact plan amendment for the mixed-use project that would have significantly expanded the existing Tax Increment Financing district.
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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