A Worcester City Council subcommittee is recommending a tax break be given to a development firm which previously broke a city law on a different project.
The Menkiti Group is seeking a tax break for its office-to-housing conversion project on 401-409 Main St. The firm wants to convert the office spaces at the address into 48 market-rate apartments. Five of the apartments will be available to those earning 60% or less than the region’s area median income (AMI).
Menkiti broke the city’s responsible development ordinance by having a subcontractor with five violations cited by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office work on a housing project on 204 Main St…