There are now 158 TIF districts in Chicago, and they generated $519 million last year, Mr. Orr said.
The city has created 44 of its 54 TIF districts since he was elected in 1989.
More than half of the city's 171 TIF projects are clustered in or near the Loop.
By the end of his tenure in May, city officials had established more than 160 TIF districts that covered about one-third of Chicago.
Most people don't think of Tiffany & Co. (46, TIF) as a bargain retailer.
The department hopes this fall to make about 30 TIF awards to local school districts.
Tiffany & Co. (47, tif) will probably lose sales of costly jewelry as investment bankers' huge bonuses disappear.
I feel as if the market handed me my most recent purchase, Tiffany (44, TIF), in its trademark blue box.
We own best-of-breed retailers like the jeweler Tiffany (26, TIF) and Lowe's Cos. (55, LOW), the do-it-yourself building materials chain.
You start with Wal-Mart (49, WMT) and Federated Department Stores (56, FD), and work your way down to Costco (81, COST) and Tiffany (97, TIF).
The orange line represents Scenario 1 (Betterment tax), while Scenario 2 (TIF) is shown with the blue line and the last one, Scenario 3 (Joint Development), is illustrated using the green line.
