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Cover Story
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When BJ’s Wholesale Club observed the grand opening of its Brookfield store on December 15, 2012, the entire brownfield community had reason to celebrate. The126,000-sq-ft retail operation was the first project to be built and opened for business under Connecticut’s groundbreaking Brownfield Remediation and Revitalization Program (BRRP), also referred to as the Brownfield Liability Relief Program.
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Economic Redevelopment
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By Lee Harrop
The Atlanta BeltLine is America’s most ambitious redevelopment. The redevelopment of this once blighted corridor gives 11,000 residents direct access for the first time to a park, and it connects an additional 127,000 people to transit.
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Environmental Remediation Strategies
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By Mary Jo Harrod
Happy Hollow in Kentucky had been on the state’s list of uncontrolled landfills and considered to be a brownfield. Though no chemicals or hazardous wastes were ever known to have been accepted at the property, the environmental developer went beyond what was required by law to protect the environment. The community has now benefited from the revitalization of the area and the creation of jobs.
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Project of the month
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By The city of Cincinnati
The Historic American Can Building is a shining example of turning a blighted, environmentally contaminated factory building into one of the region's most desirable addresses. Located at 4101 Spring Grove Ave. in Cincinnati, the 130,000-square foot former manufacturing factory has undergone a complete transformation after having sat vacant or under-utilized for decades.
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When it comes to real estate transactions for environmentally contaminated properties, the leading brownfield practitioners understand it's essential to have...
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CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), Lithia Springs,Ga., has worked closely with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for a number of...
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Research from the University of Cincinnati published in the March issue of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management...
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The Clean Ohio Council has streamlined its brownfield incentive programs even as it scaled back its annual funding to assess...
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Innovative programs and tenant partnerships generate $5 million in energy cost savings since 2009
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Phase 2 of the Western Illinois University Quad Cities (WIU-QC) Riverfront Campus in Moline, Ill., is set to commence—all part...
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M2Green Redevelopment, LLC, an affiliate of Green Investment Group, Inc. and owners of the former Smurfit-Stone paper mill in Frenchtown,...
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Creative financing from relevant government entities and other brownfield programs can plug the gap and turn an otherwise impossible deal...
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In northern West Virginia, a creative partnership offers a unique structure that could potentially be replicated on brownfields properties in...
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In the recent release of “Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property, Third Edition,” written by Todd S. Davis...
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Brownfield Stateside Report
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by Pittsburgh Business Times
The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh voted unanimously in May to adopt a new Tax Increment Finance District for the remaining undeveloped portions of Summerset at Frick Park, the 238-acre brownfield redevelopment in the city’s East End.
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by Staff report
The city of Council Bluffs, Ia., is expected to land $166,500 for Brownfields property assessment that would be used for cleanup and reuse of its mid-city corridor, EPA Region 7 announced in late April. |
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by The Kansas City Star
NorthPoint Development, a growing player in local industrial real estate and development, wants to attract new manufacturing opportunities to the 80-acre site of the old General Motors Fairfax plant that was demolished in 1987. |
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Job Board Listings
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Project Manager - Apps (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania)
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BROWNFIELD EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHT
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Breaking Down Brownfields
With nearly 30 years of professional consulting experience, Miles Bolton leads Apex in tackling some of the toughest brownfield redevelopment and engineering projects in the nation. Safety, innovation, efficiency and customer satisfaction are the words that describe Bolton’s project focus, and what drives Apex to provide clients with the highest quality services in the most cost-effective manner.
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Wood Secures Grand Rapids Post
The city of Grand Rapids’ Economic Development Director Kara Wood has been tapped to represent the city on the Association for Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities, a new statewide agency.
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Renewal Magazine
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When Orville and Wilbur Wright began constructing the first of their two airplane manufacturing hangars in 1910, the …
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Just as seaports drove development in the 18th century, railroads drove
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The Rutgers Center for Green Building with the Energy Efficient Buildings Hub
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One of the measuring sticks of urban redevelopment and reuse success can be
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