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DeKALB – After a series of unresolved code violations, the City of DeKalb and Hunter Properties have reached a tentative agreement which will include a change of ownership of four complexes owned by Hunter Properties.
In the agreement, Hunter Properties is to sell Hunter Ridgebrook, 808-832 Ridge Drive and 832 Edgebrook Drive, Hunter Tri-Frat, 930-934 Greenbrier Road and 1024 W. Hillcrest Drive, Lincoln Tower, 1100 W. Lincoln Highway, and Hunter Hillcrest, 1011-1027 Hillcrest Drive, within 3 ½ years.
Marcus & Millichap and Triad Real Estate Partners are currently listed to sell the properties, according to the agreement.
DeKalb City Attorney Matthew Rose said there’s no current buyer for the properties. The agreement obligates Hunter Properties to provide certain services that should improve the quality of living conditions to people that live there, he added.
Smith addresses COVID-19, social justice in State of the City
DeKALB – Mayor Jerry Smith reflected on the “great momentum” building in DeKalb at his last State of the City address Monday following a year of COVID-19, social justice reform and economic development.
“I’d like to report that the state of our city is good,” Smith said. “We certainly have challenges, especially in the public safety and the housing arenas, but the momentum is evident. I know it. I feel it.”
During Smith’s annual State of the City address, he reflected on how COVID-19 has impacted the community, social justice efforts being implemented in DeKalb and economic development projects such as the incoming Facebook data center.
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DeKALB – Following opposition from DeKalb residents and an hour of back and forth discussion, City Council members approved a special service area for Hunter Ridgebrook Properties at Monday’s meeting.
A special service area allows local governments to tax for and deliver services to a certain geographic area. In this case, the special service area would improve the public safety and security improvements for residents in the housing complex, according to the Oct. 12 city council agenda.
The discussion to make Hunter Ridgebrook Properties, 808 Ridge Drive, a special service area began in September due to an uptick in crime and a series of code violations for broken smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, bed bug infestations, security failures and more, according to an Oct. 9 Northern Star article.
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