She added that she could not speculate about the outcome of the review of Consumer Buyers' grants. Public documents show that Consumer Buyers has plans to obtain the vacant city property for use as the site of the computer-training center and to use the grant money to rehabilitate the buildings and establish the center. City officials, though, said the property at 2850-52 N. 22d St. had not yet been transferred. The city Vacant Property Review Committee voted to approve the project, so long as the company submitted several documents and city lawyers signed off on them. The lawyers are still reviewing the application.
City officials say the process to transfer the property is only partially complete.
The company must first obtain authorization to enter the building and complete some of the renovations before a transfer can be considered, officials say. Before the transfer could be made, City Council would have to approve the transaction, officials say. So far, the company has not received authorization to renovate, said John Coates, the authority's real-estate director. Such status is required by the city if it is to give away vacant land. Without such tax status, the land must be bought.