Mr. Albrecht, Where's Our Grocery Store - A Quick Breakdown

What we, the taxpayers, did for Albrecht:

  • Spent $782,994 for the Market & Portage Path corner plot
  • Leased the land to him for a bargain price of $10,000 PER YEAR
  • Reduced the appraised tax value on the land by almost 80%
  • Gave him an option to buy the land for $250,000 at any time within the next 30 years

Promises Albrecht made in the contract:

  • Promptly commence site preparation and construction
  • Complete the building of rentable grocery store space within nine months of commencement of the project
  • Use its commercially reasonable best efforts to lease to a grocery store operator
  • Provide for the creation of 15 full-time equivalent jobs related to that plot of land
For detailed explanations, see the contract page.

Promises Albrecht has kept: