Lifespan has agreed to pay Providence $1.5 million lieu of taxes, the first payment the nonprofit health system will make to the city since 2021.

After not making a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes in three years, Lifespan has agreed to do so for at least the next two years.

A yearlong deadlock over voluntary tax payments from Lifespan Corporation to the city of Providence appears to have ended under a tentative agreement unveiled Tuesday. The payment-in-lieu of taxes agreement marks the first time since 2021 that the state’s largest hospital provider will give the capital city anything in exchange for hosting its three Providence

Pending city approval, an agreement between Lifespan and Providence would be the largest annual contribution it has made to the city since 2014.

The financial contributions from this agreement would represent the largest annual voluntary payment Lifespan has made to Providence in over a decade and would finally ensure t