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Amending the existing Gallery at Market East Tax Increment Financing District, being the area generally bounded by Filbert Street on the north, 8th Street on the east, 11th Street on the west, and Market Street on the south, to remove certain portions of such property generally bounded by Filbert Street on the north, 10th Street on the east, 11th Street on the west, and Market Street on the south from such District, and approving the amended project plan of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the redevelopment of the Gallery at Market East Tax Increment Financing District and making certain findings and declarations, all in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act, being the Act of July 11, 1990, P.L. 465, No. 113, as amended, and authorizing the Director of Finance and other offices of the City to execute documents and do all things necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.
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WHEREAS, By ordinance approved June 18, 2015 (Bill No. 150380) (the "2015 Ordinance"), City Council created the Gallery at Market East Tax Increment Financing District ("District") and approved the project plan (the "2015 Project Plan") submitted by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the redevelopment of the District, all pursuant to the provisions of the Tax Increment Financing Act, being the Act of July 11, 1990, P.L. 465, No. 113, as amended ("Tax Increment Financing Act"); and
WHEREAS, Developer (as defined in the 2015 Project Plan) completed improvements to the District as a retail-oriented mall with office components and other uses as contemplated by the 2015 Project Plan; and
WHEREAS, Developer, or its successors or assignees, desires to remove certain real estate located between 10th and 11th Streets from the District in order to facilitate future development of a sports and entertainment arena to be developed outside the District, as amended hereby, without the benefits conferred by the 2015 Ordina...
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