It’s your laundry. It’s supposed to be clean. And so, do we imagine, is the facility that makes that happen. The dry cleaner. But do you ever stop to consider the processes involved in keeping your …
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Dry cleaning properties pose environmental challenges for developers and property owners/operators. Contamination has turned many dry cleaning sites—often commercial properties such as strip malls, where dry cleaning is performed on site—into brownfields sites. Environmental insurance …
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Point: What Are the Right Incentives? By Kevin Noell As a developer active in the brownfield sector, it might seem odd to hear me question the financial incentives available for the redevelopment of brownfield properties. But the question facing the …
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Its ships might have set sail a long time ago, perhaps many of them gone to Davy Jones’ locker, but the port that once gave them berth is far from sunk. The U.S. General Services Administration …
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett recently unveiled plans to redevelop the 30th Street Industrial Corridor, a move that city officials believe will revitalize the community. Dubbed the “Greenlight District,” the city hopes to bring businesses back to …
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At a ceremony held September 8, 2006, during Route 66 Days, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $200,000 brownfield grant to the city of Flagstaff, Arizona, to assess potential petroleum-contaminated sites along Route 66. …
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Lake Conestee is a former mill-pond located on the Reedy River, six miles south of Greenville, South Carolina, in the center of the urban Greenville area. This water body, impounded by a historic stone masonry dam …
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Hoping to breathe new life into the post-industrial town of Hamilton, Ontario, councilors recently voted to launch a new economic development office focused on investing in and marketing brownfield sites. …
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). As such, ICSC’s Research Department surveyed close to 1,000 ICSC members—between December 15, 2006, and January 8, 2007—as to how they view …
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Myth #2: Brownfields are not suitable for commercial or community reuse. Reality: Contrary to this common myth, brownfield properties are being successfully cleaned up and reused as hospitals, nature observatories, schools, corporate headquarters, high-rise urban condominiums, and single-family housing developments. …
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Photo by John Bolakas, Secor The Southern Gateway Nature Park blooms with native …
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Developers of commercial office parks might want to talk trash. The old municipal landfill, with its existing access road network and smart growth bona fides, could make an excellent site for office buildings and related land …
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The old environmental adage, “if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem,” was never more applicable or potentially advantageous to brownfield redevelopments than it is right now. This premise is …
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Communities throughout the U.S. are embracing redevelopment initiatives that target mill sites. The most common are idled textile, lumber and steel mills located in communities throughout the South, New England, the Midwest, and the Pacific Northwest. To date, the U.S. …
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Not too long ago, I participated on an alumni panel at my college’s geology department. I gave a brief bio to a student and cringed as she introduced me as working at “the Environmental Protection Agency’s R-C-R-A Revitalization program,” spelling …
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Many companies and municipalities have large real estate holdings. When redevelopment becomes a focus, they often don’t understand how to set priorities for deciding which properties to redevelop first. …
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The following stories comprise the first in our new Women in Brownfields series. Because of the overwhelming response we received to the initial article idea, we will make this an ongoing feature. …
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Tax Increment Financing (TIF), once considered on the cutting edge of economic development incentives, now serves as a mainstream tool in most parts of the country. The connection between brownfield projects and TIF financing works in certain circumstances, but it …
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Pennsylvania has, as a matter of policy, historically and financially supported the commercial redevelopment of brownfield properties. “The Keystone Principles & Criteria for Growth, Investment & Resource Conservation” were developed and implemented under the leadership of Governor Edward G. Rendell …
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Since its inception, the brownfield industry has been impacted by some of the most influential women in the country. And one needn’t have looked any further than the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields 2006 conference in Boston, Mass., this past November, …
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