| Company | Aon Service Corporation |
| Date Authorized | 9/10/2002 |
| Project Site | 55 East 52nd Street (Park Avenue Plaza) and 199 Water Street, Manhattan |
| Competing Sites | ? |
| Type of transaction/ Company type | Straight lease, commercial retention / Insurance |
| Maximum City Subsidy | $15 million |
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$4.2 million |
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$4,000 per employee per year to a cap of $5.2 million |
| Type(s) of City benefits |
Sales tax exemption -- $9.4 million PILOT savings -- $5 million Energy savings -- $600,000 |
| Benefits from New York State | Community Development Block Grant (part of the WTC Job Creation and Retention Program) -- $5.3 million |
| Total Benefits Allowed | $20.3 million |
| Benefits Distributed to Date (according to Local Law 69 Report FY) | -- |
| Promised Job Retention | 1,309 (700 downtown) |
| Job recruitment | |
| Projected job growth | |
| Total Promised Jobs | 1,309 |
| Jobs Reported in LL69 Report FY 2002 | -- |
| Layoffs | ? |
| Length of Contract | 15 years |
| Project Purpose |
To retain AON in NYC following the loss of its WTC 2 offices and almost 200 of its employees in the attacks of September 11th. The subsidy will help renovate and equip offices at the two project sites. |
| Clawbacks | Comments from city development officials indicate that all companies receiving post 9/11 CDBG funds must agree to keep a base number of employees in NYC for at least seven years or face a double recapture penalty. |
| Background/Since then... | Aon employees began moving into new downtown office space in June 2003. |
| Corporate Notes | Aon is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Chicago. It provides a broad range of insurance services including risk management, retail, reinsurance and wholesale brokerage, claims management, specialty services, and human capital consulting services. Aon employs 55,000 people in more than 125 countries. |
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| Date last updated: 07/24/03 | |