New Haven grain firm gets break
NEW HAVEN – The New Haven City Council granted a seven-year tax abatement to a local grain elevator company Tuesday.
The abatement will save Central States Enterprises, 356 Hartzell Road, $266,000 over the seven years. The company plans to build another grain silo to eliminate an outdoor storage pile and to increase storage capacity. The $3.3 million project will also add equipment and two employees.
Eliminating the outdoor storage pile will benefit residents and the environment. The company plans to complete the new silo by mid-September, said John Stanford, vice president of operations.
The council also started the process to consider a tax abatement for a new medical office building at New Haven Plaza. Lutheran Health Network plans to build the facility in what was once a Scott’s Foods store. The $1.9 million project will add the equivalent of 16 full-time jobs with a payroll of about $1.4 million, said Scott Harrold, senior planner with the Allen County Department of Planning Services.
Property owner JKBC Properties is seeking a seven-year abatement on real property and a five-year abatement on technology and medical equipment, which would save JKBC $143,000, Harrold said.
Part of the former grocery store will be demolished to make room for the new offices. The doctors will share a radiation and lab area plus have a common entrance and shared waiting area, said Diana Parent, with Sperry Van Ness, the company that manages the plaza.
The new medical services will increase traffic to the plaza and benefit existing retail tenants as the office is expected to draw patients from east Allen County and northwest Ohio, Parent said.
It will also increase the level of medical services provided in New Haven, said Matt Lehn, director of physician recruitment for Lutheran.
The council will conduct a public hearing and likely vote at its next meeting whether to grant the abatement.
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