Support of Class 6(b) tax incentive for property at 1951 W Hastings St (Metro Edge)

• Record number: O2026-0025296
• Type: Ordinance; category: Tax Incentives
• Status: In Committee
• Sponsor: Jason C. Ervin (28th Ward)
• Committee: Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development
• Submitted Date: May 15, 2026
• Introduction Date: May 20, 2026
• Official record: Office of the City Clerk

Impact report

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The City would declare that a Class 6b property tax break is needed for a planned data center at 1951 W. Hastings St. and would support the Cook County Assessor granting it.

Who it affects

• MEDP Mission Critical Facility, LLC (the developer): The company could receive a Class 6b property tax break for its planned data center if the Cook County Assessor approves it.
• Illinois Medical District: It owns the land and ground leases it to the company that plans to build the data center.
• Job seekers and workers: The ordinance states the project is expected to retain and create jobs and provide significant present and future employment.
• Residents near 1951 W. Hastings St.: A vacant site would be developed into a large, roughly 324,600-square-foot data center.
• City of Chicago taxpayers: The ordinance states the project will add new real estate and other tax revenue to the City even with the tax break.

What changes

• The City officially says the Class 6b tax break is necessary for the project to happen.
• The City supports and consents to the Cook County Assessor giving the property Class 6b status.
• A data center of about 324,600 square feet is planned on a vacant site.
• The City Clerk will send a certified copy of the ordinance to the Cook County Assessor.

Money

• Class 6b property tax break (amount not stated) that would go to MEDP Mission Critical Facility, LLC if approved by the Cook County Assessor

Where: 1951 West Hastings Street, Chicago, Illinois 60608; Illinois Medical District; City of Chicago Enterprise Zone No. 1; Western/Ogden Redevelopment Project Area; 28th Ward

When: Immediately upon passage and approval

Lobbying and money

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Campaign donors named in it: Metro Edge ($1,000 to alderpersons since 2019)

Alderpersons who received money from these interests