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PROPERTY SIZE/END USE: The 20-acre redevelopment includes a 5-plus acre former Kidde Brass & Aluminum foundry located less than three blocks from the Ranson City offices on
the Commerce Corridor. The mixed-use urban infill development is designed to
meet LEED-ND certification for neighborhood development, and will be the first
of its kind in West Virginia. This development as designed currently will
include approximately 5.2-acres of parks, recreation and open areas; 84 multi-family housing units; 62 townhomes; 44,000
square feet of retail space and up to 30,000 square feet of office space. A
ground-breaking ceremony was held on November 18.
HISTORY: The site was developed in 1892 and was historically known as Powhatan Brass & Iron Works, and was utilized for forging, machining, and plating of brass and iron fittings
primarily used in the manufacturing of fire-fighting equipment. The foundry
closed in 2004 and the owners, United Technologies Corp. (UTC), entered the site into the state’s Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) to address both on- and off-site soils
contamination with heavy metals, and on-site petroleum impacts.
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