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Sep 28, 2021 · Context

Council approves six-year, 60% tax abatement for Encompass Health rehabilitation hospital, 4-0

AEDC President and CEO Kevin Carter presented a tax abatement agreement among the City, Encompass Health Texas Real Estate, LLC, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Amarillo, LLC and Parkwest Corporate Center, Ltd. for a rehabilitation hospital on about 7.29 acres at Wallace Blvd. and Gentry Dr. in Reinvestment Zone No. 14. The council approved it 4-0. The agreement abates 60% for six years and expects 90 new full-time jobs within 24 months.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Freda Powell Cole Stanley Eddy Sauer Howard Smith Kevin Carter Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)Encompass Health

What the sources say

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Councilmember Sauer moved and Councilmember Smith seconded to approve the tax abatement agreement between the City and Encompass Health Texas Real Estate, LLC, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Amarillo, LLC and Parkwest Corporate Center, Ltd. It passed 4-0 (Powell, Stanley, Sauer, Smith).^[1]
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The agreement covers 7.29 acres at Wallace Blvd. and Gentry Dr. in Reinvestment Zone No. 14 and abates 60% for six years, with 90 new full-time jobs expected within 24 months. NewsChannel 10 reported (projections) a $26 million facility with a $5.4 million annual payroll.^[2]^[3]
Abatement
60%
Abatement years
6
Projected jobs
90

Sources

1.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-09-28 — City of Amarillo, Sep 28, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates: "motion was made to approve the COVID Vaccine Round 4 grant funding in the amount of $8,572,024 by Mayor Pro Tem Powell, seconded by Councilmember Sauer"; "voting NO was Councilmember Stanley. The motion carried by a 3-1 vote." Lists "Absent was Mayor Ginger Nelson."
2.Tax Abatement Agreement between the City of Amarillo, Parkwest Corporate Center, Ltd., Encompass Health Texas Real Estate, LLC, and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Amarillo, LLC — City of Amarillo, Sep 28, 2021 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned agreement, effective September 28, 2021. Covers 7.29 acres at Wallace Blvd. and Gentry Dr. in Reinvestment Zone No. 14, for a rehabilitation hospital. Abatement is 60% for six years, with 90 new full-time jobs expected within 24 months.
3.City of Amarillo introduces new rehabilitation hospital after votes finalized — NewsChannel10 (KFDA), Sep 28, 2021 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026newsIndependentByline Kevin Welch. Reports the unanimous vote for a 60%, six-year abatement on Encompass Health's proposed $26 million facility, with about 90 workers and a $5.4 million annual payroll.