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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A request for a public hearing on a proposed tax break is among the topics up for discussion at Tuesday&#8217;s county council work session.</p><p>The session follows a 6 p.m. voting meeting at the county courthouse on River Street in Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>According to the agenda, posted at www.luzernecounty.org, the tax break would be for an eight-story, mixed-use residential and commercial building on 3.7 acres at the Waterfront Professional Park in Plains Township. The project is called 600 Waterfront.</p><p>Developer Ross Spengler owns the land and has invested $2.8 million to prepare the site for construction, an agenda submission said. The total project is estimated at $28.65 million.</p><p>Spengler is seeking council authorization to hold a public hearing as part of the process to possibly obtain a break under the state&#8217;s Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance program, commonly called LERTA, it said.</p><p>If the proposal proceeds, county council and other taxing bodies would have to vote down the road for any real estate tax break to take effect.</p><p>Check back for updates and see more in Tuesday&#8217;s Times Leader.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This 3-D image shows how the 600 Waterfront luxury apartments off River Street will look once they&#8217;re completed in 2021. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/web1_600_waterfront.jpg</photo0><caption0>This 3-D image shows how the 600 Waterfront luxury apartments off River Street will look once they&#8217;re completed in 2021. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jennifer Learn-Andes</p><p>jandes@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Plains development tax break hearing request is Tuesday