After years of planning, "The Waterfront," a $325 million, 1.2 million square-foot planned development on Allentown's Lehigh River, broke ground this week.
The development is part of the Neighborhood Improvement Zone, an area of the city where developers can use state and local tax dollars to pay off the debt they incur to build, rehabilitate or expand buildings. As part of the NIZ, Allentown also got a new hockey arena and various other businesses.
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