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COVER STORY --
By Morris Newman
In New England, the Industrial Cycle Comes Full Circle
The former Riverside Mills Property in Providence,
R.I., is a time capsule of New England’s industrial history. In 1863,
a firm known as Champlin & Downes built a four-story textile factory
and a series of different mill operators used the building until 1937, when
the factory shut …
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Features
Legislative Analysis
By Karl Bourdeau
One of the most oft-voiced obstacles to brownfield
redevelopment is the lingering spectre of federal liability at sites
cleaned up under state programs. Although memoranda of agreement between …
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By Eugene Goldfarb
If we are to unlock the keys to private investment in
the rejuvenation of brownfield properties, then we must first understand
the context that has contributed to their …
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By Rachael Droege
It is common to hear of brownfield sites being
converted from unusable spaces to productive areas. A less commonly heard
phrase, at least in the brownfield market, adaptive …
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By Terrell E. Hunt, John F. Wojciak, Ph.D, P.E
A Brownfield Developer’s Asset In Disguise: An
Introduction to Insurance Archeology
Like brownfield properties themselves, historic
insurance policies are often an asset in disguise. …
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The Mid-Atlantic Deal-Flow Conference
Dealing and Discussing at the ‘Bazaar’
Strolling down the aisles that made up “Pennsylvania Avenue” and “New Jersey Boulevard” and the other aisles at the Mid-Atlantic Deal-Flow conference held in Philadelphia was more like stepping into …
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Regional Focus
By Mark Johnson
“We don’t inventory brownfield sites—we don’t have a big list,” say Jim Linton, Chief, Site Reclamation Program, at the Environmental Response Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. “The approach we have is that when a local community identifies …
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Take Flight
By Liesl Orenic
Over the last decade, cities across America have faced
both municipal and military airport closures with significant concern. With
job losses, thousands of acres of potentially fallow land …
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Departments
Federal News
A new initiative to encourage the redevelopment of brownfield sites under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act was announced by the Environmental Protection Agency. The initiative is part of a new round of RCRA corrective action reforms released …
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The Jaundiced View
By Peter M. Gillon
When the folks at Brownfield News asked me to write a
column, my initial reaction—who can I bill this time to?—was
swiftly followed by a strong desire to …
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Renewal Magazine
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…
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Industry Profiles
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Jason Seyler Helena, Mont.
Hazardous Substance Brownfield Coordinator, Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality
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Brownfield Stateside Report
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by Staff Report
In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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