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$55 million student housing development coming near UAB

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday voted to abate nearly $650,000 in taxes for a $55 million student housing complex in the Parkside District near the UAB campus. The County Commission approved on the consent agenda $67,293 in sales/use taxes and $578,139 in brownfield property taxes for the seven-story […]

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