# 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](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/28) (28th Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/economic-capital-and-technology-development)
- Submitted Date: May 15, 2026
- Introduction Date: May 20, 2026
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=DB634BCA-9350-F111-BEC6-001DD8033B18)

## 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

> Computed links; money near a vote is not evidence that it influenced the vote.

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

**Alderpersons who received money from these interests**

| Member | Amount | From |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Walter R. Burnett](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/27) | $1,000 | Metro Edge (employees) |

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Source: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/matter/DB634BCA-9350-F111-BEC6-001DD8033B18 · Chicago Politics, an independent, nonpartisan tracker of the Chicago City Council. Guide for agents: https://www.chicagopolitics.org/llms.txt