- The Omaha Planning Board voted 5-0 to recommend designating the area near Center Mall as blighted
- Some mall tenants and Hanscom Park neighbors spoke out against the blighted designation on Wednesday
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – The Omaha Planning Board voted 5-0 on Wednesday to recommend designating the area around The Center Mall – at 42nd and Center – as a community redevelopment area, or CRA, setting the stage for a potential development using tax increment financing.
The Omaha City Council is expected to vote on the CRA designation later this summer. If the council approves the blighted designation, it would allow developers to access tax increment financing, known as TIF funding, from the city…