Q&A
Job creation and local hiring considerations
2:27:54
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Council Member Farías inquires about plans for local hiring and the use of union labor in the construction of the development.
- The development team has not yet determined specific plans for local hiring or union labor
- The property owners are not developers themselves and are seeking an appropriate development partner
- They commit to communicating the council member's concerns about local hiring and union labor to potential development partners
- The expiration of certain tax incentives (421A) and the pending adoption of new ones (485x) have affected their ability to secure a developer
Amanda Farías
2:27:54
We have heard about the high number of jobs that will be created, and this rezoning is approved.
2:28:01
Do you plan on hiring locally and using union labor for the construction of the development of your site?
Ken Fisher
2:28:07
I I think for us both of those are to be determined.
2:28:11
The ownership of the property are not developers per se.
2:28:15
Mhmm.
2:28:16
We have been looking for a appropriate development partner.
2:28:21
That was inhibited in some ways by the expiration of 421A, the certainty of 485x, and when the zoning is adopted will allow us to go back into the market to find a developer.
2:28:33
But we would certainly communicate to our potential development partners the fact that the question has been raised.