Circle Records building development continues discussion

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(Note: Rose Law Group represents Empire Group)

By Mike Sunnucks | Phoenix Business Journal

A Scottsdale development firm looking to build a 19-story apartment building on the Circles Records property near downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row area continues to push for the project and a property tax break even as opponents dig in their heels.

The fight over Scottsdale-based Empire Group LLC’s bid to redevelop the property centers around whether apartment development will get a so-called GPLET property tax break and whether community opponents can ever forgive the developer for tearing down part of the Circles’ building earlier this year.

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