Atlanta批准3.3亿美元债券支持539套住宅重建项目
位于佐治亚州富尔顿县的亚特兰大市，10月16日，Atlanta市经济发展机构Invest Atlanta的董事会批准为Amsterdam Walk重建项目发行3.3亿美元租赁购买债券。该项目位于弗吉尼亚-高地社区、门罗大道与皮德蒙特公园一带，由Portman Holdings开发，建成后将新增539套公寓。
按获批安排，债券将使开发商在约10年内分阶段缴纳房产税：第一年约按正常税额的一半缴纳，其后逐年递增，到第11年缴足全额；据当地媒体报道，这项减税的估值约1500万美元。项目中的39套公寓将作为保障性住房，提供给收入不超过地区收入中位数80%的家庭，开发商称这一保障安排将持续99年。
该项目在社区存在争议。部分居民认为项目密度过高、可能加剧交通压力，社区规划单元F与晨边-伦诺克斯公园协会均未对项目表示支持。董事会成员、Atlanta公立学校董事会副主席肯·泽夫对减税投下反对票，理由是不愿放弃本已拥挤学区的学校税收。同场会议上，Invest Atlanta还汇报了针对市审计员办公室6月审计的整改：汇总公开各税收分配区的项目记录、制作互动地图，并着手修订7个现行税收分配区的再开发计划。
Invest Atlanta Approves $330 Million Bond for 539-Home Amsterdam Walk Redevelopment
Atlanta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia. Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta's economic development agency, voted on October 16 to approve a $330 million lease-purchase bond for the Amsterdam Walk redevelopment, a Portman Holdings project near Monroe Drive and Piedmont Park in the Virginia-Highland area that would add 539 apartments. Under the arrangement, the developer's property taxes would be phased in over about a decade, starting at roughly half the usual rate in the first year and reaching the full rate in year 11; local reports put the value of the tax break at about $15 million. The project includes 39 apartments reserved as affordable for households earning up to 80 percent of Area Median Income, a commitment the developer says will last 99 years.
The project has drawn opposition from residents concerned about density and traffic, and neither Neighborhood Planning Unit F nor the Morningside-Lenox Park Association has endorsed it. Board member Ken Zeff, vice chair of Atlanta Public Schools, voted against the incentive, citing school revenue in an already crowded cluster. At the same meeting, the agency outlined steps responding to a June city audit of its Tax Allocation Districts, including publishing project records, building an interactive project map and revising redevelopment plans for seven active districts.
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图片来源：图：亚特兰大皮德蒙特公园克拉拉湖与中城天际线，项目位于公园一带。图片来源：Frank Schulenburg，CC BY-SA 4.0。Photo: Lake Clara Meer in Piedmont Park with the Midtown Atlanta skyline. Image: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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