Their attention is on the Public Development Corporation, a city agency.

"We work hand in hand with the Public Development Corporation," she said.

Officials of the Public Development Corporation believe that the project will generate about $6 million in lease payments and taxes over the next 20 years.

It also renewed a contract with the Public Development Corporation for economic development.

Today, some 2,000 people work there, and the project was completed on time and under budget, said officials of the city's Public Development Corporation.

Eventually, the Public Development Corporation may offer the property again in a negotiated sale.

He noted that the city and its Public Development Corporation had been "extremely helpful."

The Public Development Corporation wanted the same piece of land for another business project.

The city's Public Development Corporation is soliciting ideas about how best to use the theater, which has been dark for 12 years.

Abco, which employs 35 people, also acquired land from the Public Development Corporation.