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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Van Ness commercial district is in desperate need of private sector investment and the dollars they bring with them.  The Intelsat building should be filled with potential employers of UDC students . Why can’t our elected leaders develop a package of incentives to make this happen? They always come up with the worst ideas.  [/quote]

Another great idea. Let's give businesses a tax break when DC needs tax revenue.

You will need a hefty incentive to get a private company interested in redeveloping property covered by historic preservation. It's simply not worth the headache. [/quote]

So instead of attracting an employer who will pay some tax and create jobs to hire UDC grads who will also pay income taxes your solution is to permanently take the property off the tax rolls by turning it into a DCPS school?  This is progressive logic at its finest.  Sadly, our Council which is made up of “community activists” will probably love your idea.  The Ward could have elected someone with actual commercial real estate experience in the last election.  But, now we re stuck with someone who nobody is quite sure what his professional background is.  [/quote]

The owner doesn’t pay real estate tax, the property is exempt as a US government owned property. The improvements are on a land lease. I’ve been in the building and it’s horribly dysfunctional and far too large for a private school and has no field space for a public school. It’s too bad UDC can’t use it. [/quote]

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