Valparaiso medical, office park could employ 450

A developer has asked for tax abatements on a medical complex and office buildings he hopes to build in the Eastport Centre industrial park in Valparaiso, according to The Times of Munster.

George Uzelac envisions the project, which has been approved by the city’s Redevelopment Commission, to include six buildings employing 450.

City economic development head Charlie McGill is pushing for the abatement—normally reserved for manufacturers—because the medical complex is large enough to attract patients from outside the city.