Industry City agrees to modify and delay expansion plan (UPDATED)
UPDATE (11:54 p.m.): Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball met with Councilmember Carlos Menchaca and the elected official’s working group — made up of residents and community organizers — on Friday morning and agreed to delay moving forward with their land-use application. Menchaca had previously vowed not to support Industry City’s rezoning if it was rushed into certification, which the developer had planned to do on Sept. 23. Kimball agreed to the councilmember’s requests, including removing hotels, creating a manufacturing hub managed by a nonprofit and restricting retail uses.
“We met with Councilmember Menchaca and his working group this morning, and once again agreed to delay certification into the ULURP process. … We are also prepared to negotiate and execute a legally binding Community Benefits Agreement with a community-based organization with support of the appropriate City agencies,” said Lisa Serbaniewicz, a spokesperson for Industry City.
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