Front N Center

The mayor of Bloomington won't yet say whether District 87 schools will get a cut of potential revenue created by the proposed tax increment financing district, or TIF, for the downtown area.

The City of Bloomington has begun condemnation proceedings on the long-vacant Front N Center building downtown. The former Montgomery Ward department store building has been deteriorating for decades and been a matter of concern during the administrations of the last three mayors.

Bloomington officials will discuss this summer whether to try and acquire downtown's vacant Front N Center building through eminent domain, Mayor Tari…