St. Louis Aldermen Give Initial Approval To Extending Northside Urgent Care Incentives
Date Posted: October 14, 2019
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Public Radio: The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is close to extending an incentive package to build an urgent care center in north St. Louis.
It’s a facility within Paul McKee’s Northside Regeneration footprint, which has been mired in litigation for months.
Aldermen unanimously approved on a voice vote 5th Ward Alderwoman Tammika Hubbard’s bill to provide a roughly two-year extension to secure financing and build the urgent care facility, which will be located on the former Pruitt-Igoe site. The three-bed urgent care center was supposed to be completed by March, but it’s been stalled.
Under the proposed new agreement, McKee must provide proof of project financing by the end of this year. Northside would have to complete the urgent care by mid-2021 and finish an expanded facility by mid-2023. Aldermen approved an amendment on Friday restricting tax incentive payments to the developer if certain deadlines aren’t met.
Alderman Joe Roddy, D-17th Ward, had voted against the measure in committee. But he said the amendment made the proposal significantly better.
“I think everybody here recognizes we need to do more development in north St. Louis. And the concern is we want to have it properly before us,” Roddy said. “I think the big thing was this forced negotiation between the SLDC [St. Louis Development Corporation] and the developer. I’m very satisfied, and I think this is a very appropriate resolution to the issue.”