A proposed medical office building in Honeoye Falls received approval for incentives from the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency at its Oct. 20 meeting.
The applicant, 20 Main Street FFTH, LLC, is proposing to build a 10,000-square-foot facility to support both primary care and urgent care services, including walk-in urgent care services seven days a week. It would be the sole urgent care facility in the village of Honeoye Falls and town of Mendon.
The medical clinic would be leased and operated by The Frederick Ferris Thompson Hospital, based in Canandaigua. It would be constructed on a vacant property at 20 North Main St. The clinic would employ 26 full-time employees.
The total incentive package is valued at $752,256, including a net
exemption of $587,984 through the payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, a sales tax exemption of $137,467 and $26,814. The project construction costs are expected to be $3.58 million. The PILOT agreement affects county, local and school taxes.
The new clinic would be built at the site of the former Critic's Family Restaurant, which closed in 2023 after 40 years in business.
During an Oct. 15 public hearing, some village residents opposed the incentives, which amount to more than 20% of the project's estimated construction costs. Residents also raised concerns about plans to transfer the property from the developer to the nonprofit hospital, potentially making a key downtown property tax-exempt.
COMIDA staff said the incentives would apply to the increased value created by the new construction, not the property's existing taxable value. Residents also questioned how rigorously the agency reviews applications for incentives.
The exemptions were approved unanimously by the COMIDA board.
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