NIAGARA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York General Municipal Law will be held by the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency (the "Agency") on the 3rd day of July, 2024, at 2:15 p.m., local time, Niagara Falls City Hall, Room 117, 745 Main Street, Niagara Falls, New York 14302, in connection with the following matter:
Hotel Niagara Development, LLC and/or an individual(s) or affiliate, subsidiary, or entity or entities formed or to be formed on its behalf (the "Company"), has submitted an application to the Agency, a copy of which is on file at the office of the Agency, requesting that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the "Project") consisting of: (A) the acquisition (or retention) by the Agency of leasehold interest in a parcel of land located at 201 Rainbow Boulevard, Niagara Falls, New York, (the "Land"), (B) the renovation of an approximately 168,160 square foot building to be transformed into an upscale, full service hotel (the “Improvements”); (C) the acquisition and installation in and around the improvements of certain items of machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property (the "Equipment" and, collectively with the Land and the Improvements, the "Facility").
The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term, the Company will purchase the Facility from the Agency, or if the Agency holds a leasehold interest, the leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the "Financial Assistance") to the Company in the form of sales and use tax exemptions consistent with the policies of the Agency, and a partial real property tax abatement.
A representative of the Agency will be at the above-stated time and place to present a copy of the Company's project application and hear and accept written and oral comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to or otherwise relevant to the proposed Financial Assistance.
This public hearing is being conducted in accordance with Subdivision 2 of Section 859-a of the New York General Municipal Law.
DATED: June 12, 2024
NIAGARA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
By: Andrea Klycezk
Executive Director