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Some of the details sound great. A $100 million project expected to create 1,000 permanent, full-time jobs. Annual payroll of about $30 million. Tangential economic benefits for northeast Indiana totaling at least tens of millions of dollars, maybe more. Problem is, those aren't all the details. And Project Mastodon – the murky moniker assigned to the project by developers and Fort Wayne officials – is looking for tax breaks worth more than $16 million to secure its place in the city. “There's no bad news here,” Nancy Townsend, director of the city's community development department, ...

US 30 project site plan passes City panel advances details, not occupant DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette Project Mastodon took another step forward Monday – the result of a unanimous vote by the Fort Wayne Plan Commission. Although the development's eventual occupant remains shrouded in secrecy, the Plan Commission approved the project's primary development plan and an amended written commitment that will outline acceptable uses for the site. According to documents filed with the Department of Planning Services, Project Mastodon's primary development plan calls for construction of a 630,000...

The average annual payroll for the company that could eventually occupy the Project Mastodon site along U.S. 30 is expected to be $30 million, accordi ...

FW City Council to consider Project Mastodon tax abatement DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette The average annual payroll for the company that could eventually occupy the Project Mastodon site along U.S. 30 is expected to be $30 million, according to a tax abatement request up for consideration by the Fort Wayne City Council. What goes inside the proposed 634,000 square-foot structure is still unclear, as the developer's representatives and city officials are bound by a nondisclosure agreement. A 10-year property tax abatement request filed with the city council indicates the company expects to c...