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WEDNESDAY • DECEMBER 2 • 2015
Apartment project gets tax break
November tax revenue tops estimate by $7.8M By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Topeka — Tax revenues flowing into the state of Kansas in November exceeded estimates for the first time this fiscal year, proI think the ducing $7.8 million more than encouraging budget officials part is that inhad expected. Those esti- dividual income mates were just tax continues revised down- to grow, which ward last month in the wake of is driven by sluggish growth withholding in employment because of that and retail sales, as low 4.1 percent well as weakness in the farm and oil unemployment industries. But the rate.” numbers released Tuesday gave of- — Revenue Secretary ficials cause to Nick Jordan celebrate — and to defend Brownback’s controversial tax policies.
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THE FORMER SITE OF PACHAMAMAS, located at the southeast corner of Eighth and New Hampshire streets, bottom right in photo, will serve as the base on which four floors of apartments will be added. A tax exemption on construction materials was approved for the project at Tuesday’s City Commission meeting.
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By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling
The development group behind a planned apartment building at 800 New Hampshire Street will receive a sales tax exemption on construction materials for the project. The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2 on Tuesday to approve the incentive, which is estimated to save the development group approximately $317,000 on the almost $7 million remodel. Please see INCENTIVE, page 2A
Chad Lawhorn A rendering of the planned apartment building
Action postponed on Jazz arch
THE OWNER OF CAJUN-INSPIRED RESTAURANT JAZZ, 1012 Massachusetts St., wants to put a wrought-iron archway in front of the restaurant. City planners, however, say the arch runs afoul of the city’s Downtown Design Guidelines.
By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling
The installation of a piece of New Orleans’ French Quarter aesthetic will continue to be debated at City Hall. City commissioners on Tuesday unanimously decided to delay voting on a request to allow the installation of a wrought-iron archway in front of Jazz, a Louisiana-inspired Cajun and creole restaurant that opened in October at 1012
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Massachusetts St. City planners and the city’s Historic Resources Commission previously denied the request. Planners said the arch — which would be used as the entrance to the restaurant’s sidewalk dining area — did not meet the city’s Downtown Design Guidelines, which call for railings and barriers to “reflect the character of the area.” Please see ARCH, page 2A
Upscale grill set to open at Round Corner
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ne of downtown’s more iconic buildings is set to be back in business soon. As we’ve previously reported, the former Round Corner Drug building is set to become a restaurant. Now, I have more details after talking with the owners of the new establishment. Kansas City restaurateurs Zach Marten and Bret Springs hope to have RND Corner Grille open by late next week. Please see GRILL, page 2A
KU alumnus, wife give business school $7.2M for ‘figure sense’ center Staff Reports
A multimillion dollar gift from a Kansas University alumnus and his wife will create a Center for Figure Sense in the KU School of Business. Roger and Julie Davis of Chicago donated $250,000 and committed $7 million from their estate to begin and support the
center, aimed at teachdecision or taking action. ing students how to use Strong figure sense complex data to make requires a solid underbetter business decisions, standing of accounting, KU announced Tuesday. economics, finance and Roger Davis explained statistical analysis — and KANSAS the couple’s view of the the ability to persuasively UNIVERSITY concept and its imporcommunicate recomtance: “We think of ‘figure mendations and supportsense’ as the effectiveness with ing evidence.” which people select and evaluNo new classes will be create evidence before making a ated, according to KU’s news
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release, but the outright gift will fund the hiring of an academic director to begin working with faculty and staff “to enhance students’ figure sense across the business school curricula.” “In a complex and rapidly changing world, the challenge is not how to get enough data but to learn how to ask the right questions and sift through the sources of and biases in data, in
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order to make better decisions,” business dean Neeli Bendapudi said, in the news release. Roger Davis, owner and CEO of Paxton/Patterson in Chicago, earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from KU in 1972. According to KU, the couple also previously donated $1 million toward construction of Capitol Federal Hall.
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