A request for proposals was approved May 11 by the communitydevelopment commission, and will likely be available in June. Thedepartment of planning and development is giving buyers 90 days tomake their proposals, which could involve tax increment financingor land write-downs.

Buyers would have the option of making proposals on one or moreof the sites, says department of planning and development projectmanager Kristen Groce. The target prices are $4 million for 1600-20S. State St., $3.6 million for 1600-34 S. Federal St. and $1.5million for 1610-34 S. Dearborn St. The State Street site is 0.9acre, according to property records.

The department already has fielded inquiries from developersinterested in building a car wash, school and produce market, Grocesays, and is encouraging other industrial and commercial uses. "Wethought we'd leave it open," she says. "The only criteria we haveis no residential."