Developer Brian Bartee of Skyline Investment Group is reportedly moving forward with plans to redevelop the former Dixie Cup factory in Wilson Borough into 405 apartments despite losing a key tax incentive.

The $160 million project sought local approvals for Tax Increment Financing , or TIF, which would have allowed local taxing bodies to delay increasing the property’s assessed value for a set number of years. The resulting tax revenue from the higher assessment would have been used to pay off bonds issued for construction.

Wilson Borough Council and the Wilson Area School District approved the TIF proposal. Northampton County Council voted it down in early November .

Bartee described the outcome as disappointing but said the development will proceed.

“This was not an unexpect

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