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Assessment appeals are adding to the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts for Downtown buildings. NewsRadio KDKA's Timira Rush has more: [CutID: <Cuts> L-Assess Appeals 2.wavTime: 39sTitle: L-Assess Appeals 2Description: L-Assess Appeals 2Out-cue: soc] [Five buildings in the Golden Triangle won reductions last week of $120 million for this tax yeas. The reason: buildings are assessed based on the revenue they produce and Downtown properties are generating far less since the pandemic. The Post-Gazette reports the properties include PNC Firstside Center and Two PNC Plaza. Assessments on 10 buildings have been slashed by just over $364 million and could cost the city, school district and county nearly $8.4 million in tax refunds for this year. Schools Solicitor Ira Weiss says the district will appeal many of the reductions in court. Timira Rush, NewsRadio KDKA.]