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South Bend R evelopment Commission Regular Meet ng - April 8, 1983 6. NEW BUS UESS (Cont . ) i. C ssion approval requested for a tax abate- ment request relative to an area commonly re- ferred to as 4600 Western Avenue. Mr. Lee gave the staff report. The abatement request is relative to an involuntary relocation of Whiteford NationaLease, Inc., and Whiteford Truck Lines which are currently located at 2020 W. Szimple Street. These concerns must relocate immediately to make way for the Olive - Sample Over- pass The petitioners, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Whiteford, have interests in each of the elements of the corporation. This petition involves the relocation of Whiteford, Inc., from West Sample Stre t to 4600 Western Avenue. This particular location is approximately four blocks west of an existing tax abatement impact area. The project involves construction of a 45,000 square foot facility and will save approximately 50 jobs with a potential increase of employment of three new jobs annually. The total cost of this project is estimated at approximately $900,000.00 and this would be one phase of the project, the other phas was previously tabled. Mr. zawark, attorney for the petitioner, intro- duced Mr. Mery Kusnierek, senior vice president and treasurer of Whiteford. Whiteford is relo- cating from its present area on Sample Street because of the overpass. The site is a parcel of r al estate on which nothing is located. As Mr. Lee stated, this is part of a two part move, the office building and some of the leasing facilities will be moved somewhere else, also on t1ie west side of South Bend. They are looking at two parcels, the first parcel is on ".Olive..Street a block north of Western. They are also consid- erincr the former A &P building on Western. Right now Whiteford is in negotiations and expect to make a decision by next week. Whiteford is in- tere ted in staying in the community and will empl y a number of people from the community. Because of their size and type of operation ther aren't a lot of places they can relocate. Mr. Szawark hoped the Commission would approve the abatement. Mr. obinson asked if Whiteford would still go ahead with the project if they did not get tax abatEment.