DEPARTMENT: Center City Development & Operations
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Lori Houston
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 2
SUBJECT:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of a revised Economic Development Agreement with Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. (H&K) in the amount of $950,000.00 from the Inner City TIRZ fund to undertake and complete the Merchant's Ice House Lofts Project consisting of 262 housing units in District 2.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the revision of an existing Economic Development Agreement with Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. (H&K) in the amount of $950,000.00 among the City of San Antonio, Inner City TIRZ Board No. 11, and Herman & Kittle, Inc. for the proposed Merchant's Ice House Lofts project, a 262 unit multi-family housing complex to be located at 1305 E. Houston in Council District 2. The loan will be funded from the Inner City TIRZ in the amount of $950,000.00 and will be disbursed to Herman & Kittle, Properties, Inc.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Indiana based Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. is proposing a $39.4 million multi-family housing development located at the vacant and underutilized Merchant's Ice House building. The project consists of 262 housing units of which 50% will be affordable and 50% will be market rate. In addition, the project entails a 262 space structured parking garage.
The San Antonio Housing Trust's Public Facility Corporation (PFC) will serve as co-developer of the project providing the project with a 20-year tax exemption from ad valorem taxes as long as 50% of the housing units are priced at 80% of the area median income or less (120 units will be priced at 80% of the area median income (AMI), 9 HOME units at 60% AMI, 2 HOME units at 50% AMI). The remaining 131 units will be market rate.
Due to the project's scope and its location within the Inner City Reinvestment Infill Policy and Center City Housing Incentive Policy boundaries, the project qualifies for i...
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