Philadelphia Council Approves Plan to Redevelop 1,074 Properties in Model Cities Urban Renewal Area

Official:Approving the thirtieth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-second amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-first amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately one thousand thirty five (1,035) properties for residential and related uses; the additional land acquisition of approximately thirty-nine (39) properties for institutional and related reuses; the additional land acquisition of an additional property for commercial and related reuse; the additional land acquisition of approximately three hundred one (301) properties for residential, commercial and related reuses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.