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FL – Green building group pitches energy efficiency to Treasure Coast

oliverpaladin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:00:33 +0000

The Treasure Coast Palm (10/21, Ivice) reported, “Making homes and offices more energy-efficient is starting to gain more traction on the Treasure Coast, ‘green building’ experts say. ‘Green building,’ whether in new construction or updating existing buildings, ‘is the one sector of the construction industry that is still busy, even in Florida,’ said Robert Cannellos, president of the South Florida chapter of the US Green Building Council. Cannellos was among about 50 people at the meeting of the council’s Treasure Coast branch Thursday night at Indian River State College’s Corporate & Community Training Institute. Among the group were builders, developers, subcontractors and consultants.” Danny Orlando, Southeast regional manager for the Energy Star program, stated, “We’ve got to learn to sell energy efficiency,” and noted that the consumer demand for energy-efficiency homes is “not yet strong.”

Hickory, NC – Targets Tracts for Cleanup, Redevelopment

oliverpaladin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000

The city of Hickory is checking nine brownfield sites to determine how much it will cost to clean them up.

The city has obtained $200,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the properties to determine the extent of the pollution.

The goal is to redevelop at least some of the properties.

NC – Forsite Development, FCR Recycling to Partner on State-of-the-Art Recycled Fuel Facility in Mecklenburg County

oliverpaladin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:00:25 +0000

Charlotte – Forsite Development, lead developer for ReVenture Park, announced today that it will team with FCR Recycling and its community energy solution approach for the design and operation of a $30 million dollar “Recycled Fuel” facility that will vastly improve Mecklenburg County’s recycling rates and transform non recycling recoverable waste into a fuel that can be utilized to create renewable electricity…. [MORE]

SC – Home Depot Foundation Sustainability Project

oliverpaladin — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:54:00 +0000

US Conference of Mayors Unveil National Brownfield Report

oliverpaladin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0000

New Report Shows Brownfield Redevelopment in Cities Leads to More Jobs, Increased Tax Revenue: 99 Cities Surveyed on the Merits of Recycling America’s Land

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) today unveiled a national brownfields report, entitled Recycling America’s Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment (1993 – 2010). This new report estimates the progress 99 cities have made over the past 17 years as it relates to the number of brownfields that have been redeveloped, acres of land reclaimed, new jobs that were created, and additional revenues that have been generated. The Conference of Mayors brought the issue of brownfields to the attention of Congress and the Administration back in 1993 and worked hand in hand with the Federal Government to establish a national brownfields program.

Brownfields, abandoned or underutilized properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived environmental contamination, present a major challenge to cities both large and small, primarily because of the lack of public and private sector resources that are necessary to redevelop these properties back into productive use.

This study is the ninth in a series of reports that have documented brownfields redevelopment by local communities throughout the United States and the potential revenue that could be generated. According to the study, fifty-four cities reported 161,880 new jobs created through the redevelopment of 2,118 sites with 64,730 jobs in the pre-development / remediation stage and 97,150 permanent jobs. Further, fifty cities said that since 1993, $309 million in additional local tax revenue was generated from 654 redeveloped brownfield sites. Significantly, 58
cities estimated if their brownfields were redeveloped, potential revenue could range from $872 million to $1.3 billion annually.

For the entire release, see

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101109007526/en/Report-Shows-Brownfield-Redevelopment-Cities-Leads-Jobs

SC – City Approves Moving Forward with Mill Clean-up Strategy

oliverpaladin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:00:43 +0000

For quite some time questions have loomed over the old Greenwood Mills site No. 5 located on Kitson Street in Greenwood, SC. However, Monday night the City of Greenwood took the first steps to initiate a cleanup of the old mill which is now primarily reduced to rubble….[MORE]

FL – Historic Bartow cigar factory might not go up in smoke

oliverpaladin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:00:00 +0000

By PHIL ATTINGER
News Chief (FL)
November 4, 2010

BARTOW – The Thompson & Co. Cigar Factory may have its chance to live again. The Polk County Commission voted Wednesday to give the city of Bartow 180 days to do assessments to determine what sort of environmental cleanup the site will need. If the city can do preliminary assessments by that time, then the county will convey the entire site – the building and the land – to the city. If not, Assistant County Manager Jim Freeman said, the county has a demolition permit and could go ahead and tear the building down [MORE].

SC – Structure and Site Create Beautiful Vistor’s Center in Greenville, SC

oliverpaladin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000

A former 165-acre camp and brownfield site will soon be transformed into a lush and restorative visitor’s center for the Blue Ridge Escarpment in Greenville, South Carolina. Studio Gang Architects is leading the design team that will create not only the visitor’s center, but transform the surrounding landscaping, which serves as an extension of the building. Once complete, individuals can enjoy and explore the naturally lit, LEED Platinum Blue Wall Center filled with “living exhibits” of the region’s flora, fauna, and geology and immerse themselves in the surrounding
eco-system. [MORE]

Buying & Selling Contaminated Properties: Equations For Success

oliverpaladin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:00:53 +0000

[POUNCEY, GERALD] Significant opportunities continue to exist in today’s commercial real estate market for the purchase of environmentally contaminated properties at a price substantially below the real impact of the contamination on the property’s value. The key aspect to taking advantage of the opportunities presented by environmentally contaminated properties is conducting the appropriate due diligence in order to quantify the risks and impediments associated with the contamination. Once that due diligence is complete, the purchaser is able to use a combination of the risk allocation devices described above to reduce or eliminate the risks associated with the contamination while obtaining the property at a reduced price…[MORE]