Springfield aldermen table Ferguson-Booth TIF request

An out-of-town developer’s request for $3.15 million in tax-increment financing funds for a long-stalled redevelopment of three historic downtown buildings was tabled by members of the Springfield City Council Tuesday night.The new developer, Chesterfield Faring Ltd., a New York-based real estate merchant bank, is aiming to complete the long-delayed project, which would add 41 one- and two-bedroom apartments and ground-level retail to the Ferguson, Booth and Bateman-Kennedy […]