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Comment DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Feb. 17, 2014 @ 4:40 pm Updated Feb 17, 2014 at 4:57 PM Posted Feb. 17, 2014 @ 4:40 pm Updated Feb 17, 2014 at 4:57 PM »  Social News A proposal to build an elevated residential complex above a parking lot on Central Avenue in Medford has resurfaced after the city took a pass on the project in December 2013. "We're just trying to get it back," said Mark McKechnie of Oregon Architecture in Medford. The 25-unit project, originally called "Skybox" but now known as "Sky Park, will go before the Medford Urban Renewal Agency board at 6 p.m., Thursday. The MURA board will decide whether it wants to enter into an exclusive 90-day negotiation period with McKechnie and Ashland developer Allan Sandler. In December 2013, the project appeared to unravel over a disagreement with the city about who should retain ownership of the parking lot, located across the street from the Medford library at the northwest corner of Central Avenue and 10th Street. Under the original proposal, the city would have retained ownership of the land and the developers would have paid $1 for "air rights" to build the residential complex. The parking lot would have remained open to the public. Then, the developers asked the city to sell them the land, which they would lease back to the city for up to 100 years. At that point, the city decided not to renew an exclusive 90-day negotiation period. — Damian Mann DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Feb. 17, 2014 @ 4:40 pm Updated Feb 17, 2014 at 4:57 PM » Comment or view comments   Reader Reaction »  STAY INFORMED   Email NewsLetter   Sign Up Today   Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed   Email newsletter   Sign Up Today   Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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