by: Diane Benjamin Imagine you receive your Property Assessment Notice in the mail and overnight your property doubled or tripled in value. This is what happened to many property owners in “Uptown” Normal. The figures listed must be multiplied by 3 to reflect the value the Normal Assessor assigned to the property. For instance – […]
by Diane Benjamin I’m sure you heard the plans for another hotel in Uptown Normal – across the street from the Marriott. From what I can tell, this property was purchased from Commerce Bank in 2007 or early 2008 for $1,550,000. Given the history of Uptown, Normal may be planning on GIVING this property to […]
Received from the Town of Normal: Diane, Wendy provided me a copy of your email and asked that I respond. As you see from the documents supplied to you the Town Council authorized purchase of the parking lots from One Main for $500,000. This was about $240,000 more than the amount budgeted for these […]
The properties pictured are all connected to the Uptown project. The Town of Normal is listed as the owner on all yellow properties. All of the properties were checked on the McLean County Assessor’s Office website. The parcel pictures are all from the Assessor’s site. The Town of Normal, McLean County, Unit 5, and all […]
by: Diane Benjamin CPA, reg http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/article_f82ad694-a293-11df-8558-001cc4c03286.html The total cost figures for the multi-modal transportation station vary from report to report – but I will use the ones listed in the Pantagraph above: Total Cost: $43,300,000 Tiger grant: $22,000,000 […]
