THE PAWTUCKET Redevelopment Agency on Nov. 2 approved a new agreement with the Tidewater Landing developer requiring Fortuitous Partners to pay $10 million in property taxes on the stadium over the first 20 years. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS
A 50% spike in the projected Tidewater Landing stadium cost, to $124 million, led the R.I. Commerce Corp. to direct most of a previously approved $36.2 million tax-increment financing plan for a bigger mixed-use project to just the stadium. On Nov. 2, the Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency approved charging the project developer nearly $10 million more…