Brownfield Renewal

Brownfield Renewal - News: Firm’s Seattle High Rise Attains LEED Platinum Certification

“Continuous improvement by the on-site Hines staff was at the core of moving this building from LEED Gold to Platinum.” http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/news-firm_acute_s_seattle_high_rise_attains_leed_platinum_certification_-512.html

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that 800 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle has received Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) rating system. This marks the 12th building developed or managed by Hin…

Here Are All the Reasons Wal-Mart’s Business Is Not Sustainable http://www.redevelopmentinitiatives.org/news/6273/Here-Are-All-the-Reasons-Wal-Marts-Business-Is-Not-Sustainable

Participant in Environmental Category of Renewal Awards:
Defense Logistics Agency/Memphis

Chicago Architecture Center

So...what are your plans next Saturday? Oh, you're bringing friends downtown for our Scavenger Hunt and the lighting of the Buckingham Fountain and prizes and festivities? Good call! Wait...no plans? Check it: http://bit.ly/1NZCHfM

Timeline Photos

The Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center, winner of the Social Impact award, is a gut rehab of a former meat packing facility, home to the Pearl Meat Packing Co., Inc.
http://www.redevelopmentreuse.com/…/Bornstein-Pearl-Foo…/216 — in Chicago, Illinois.

Explore Career Opportunities
http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/job-details-land_planner_permit_tech-88068.html

Happy Earth Day!!

Construction Material Technician - Evansville Indiana - Contract-to-Hire - Job Board -...

brownfieldrenewal.com A large Environmental company in the Indianapolis, IN area has an immediate opening for a construction material tester.This individual will be traveling to various locations interacting with clients testing construction material. This individual will be collecting samples and making sure the overall…

Construction Material Technician - Evansville Indiana - Contract-to-Hire - Job Board -...

Job Opportunity

brownfieldrenewal.com A large Environmental company in the Indianapolis, IN area has an immediate opening for a construction material tester.This individual will be traveling to various locations interacting with clients testing construction material. This individual will be collecting samples and making sure the overall…

Association for Redevelopment Initiatives

Urban ecosystems: An interview with Denis Hayes http://www.redevelopmentinitiatives.org/news/3314/Urban-ecosystems-An-interview-with-Denis-Hayes-part-I

redevelopmentinitiatives.org The redevelopment process is a complex, multi-stage, time-consuming, capital intensive, multidisciplinary, externality-generating, public-private endeavor

Christmas eCard

Happy Holidays!!

brownfieldrenewal.com

Brownfield Renewal - News: A Grand and Rapid Redevelopment Initiative

The industry’s eagerness for clean energy vehicles is balanced somewhat by concerns over battery problems some other companies have experienced.

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal An environmental consulting firm has been named the primary contractor on a $400,000 project by the Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority.

Brownfield Renewal

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Brownfield Renewal Person of the Year Award. Congratulations!
James Byrne, Project Officer, Office of Site Remediation & Restoration, EPA Region 1
Visit our website at http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/POY for additional information about Mr. Byrne, and all of the 2014 nominees. ,
— feeling excited in Chicago, Illinois.

brownfieldrenewal.com

www.brownfieldrenewal.com

The project was a partnership between the city and Groundwater Technology, a remediation contractor based in the Netherlands.
One thousand liters of oil-based contaminants were removed from a small site on the 52-acre brownfield http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/news-dutch_treat__a_brownie_for_steam_cleaning_technology_-469.html

brownfieldrenewal.com

Brownfield Renewal - News: Peddling the Concept of Bicycle Infrastructure Planning

“It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: The city doesn’t invest if people don’t cycle. People do not cycle because it’s not safe. , ,

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Planning urban redevelopment where bicycle transportation is integrated into the mix is not always as easy as one would think.

Brownfield Renewal - News: Holland, Mich. Sets Sail on Remediation Plan

The Holland City Council approved an almost $180,000 Brownfield Redevelopment

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Read about how a Holland hotel might soon be holding strong, and holding guests.

Brownfield Renewal - News: This West Va. Ford is Hard-Driven!

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Read an item in the State Journal, West Virginia's Business Journal, drumming up support for a nominee for our Person of the Year award contest, which in December will announce the winner to succeed Daniel Walsh of New York.

Brownfield Renewal

Brownfield Renewal magazine is the only journal which brings news and information dedicated to the remediation, redevelopment and reuse of brownfields.

Brownfield Renewal - News: An Iron-Clad Revitalization Plan along the Minnesota ‘Range’

A Neighborhood of Habitat for Humanity homes in the Brooklyn, Minn. area is a good example of reuse and revitalization of formerly contaminated land , , , , , ,

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Minnesota Brownfields ReScape Awards were given to four projects demonstrating innovation, collaboration and exemplary results in revitalizing formerly contaminated land.

Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs to speak at UB School of Management

Love Canal activist Lois Gibbs to speak at UB School of Management , t

wnypapers.com Lois Gibbs, the nationally recognized environmental activist who exposed and pushed for changes at the Love Canal toxic waste site, will speak at the University at Buffalo School of Management Nov. 21.

Scituate Solar I

Environmental Impact Winner Project , , , , , ,

redevelopmentreuse.com Thanks to Brightfields Development LLC, a New England area solar developer, Scituate, MA, became the first town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that is 100 per cent powered by renewable energy. In September 2013, Brightfields commissioned a 3.0 MW solar farm at the town’s closed municipal landf…

Association for Redevelopment Initiatives

In trees we trust http://www.redevelopmentinitiatives.org/news/1890/In-trees-we-trust

redevelopmentinitiatives.org The redevelopment process is a complex, multi-stage, time-consuming, capital intensive, multidisciplinary, externality-generating, public-private endeavor

Brownfield Renewal - News: In Chicago, It’s New SRO and Way to Go!

Owners who choose to sell a building would have three options . , , , ,

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Low-income residents in Chicago are being served—well-represented and insulated from catastrophic displacement under a new policy adopted by the city of Chicago.

, , , , Alternative energy becomes crucial for the world http://www.redevelopmentinitiatives.org/news/1832/Alternative-energy-becomes-crucial-for-the-world

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Brownfield Renewal Awards - Congratulations! , , , http://www.redevelopmentreuse.com/

Association for Redevelopment Initiatives

, , , , ,

redevelopmentinitiatives.org The redevelopment process is a complex, multi-stage, time-consuming, capital intensive, multidisciplinary, externality-generating, public-private endeavor

Brownfield Renewal

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 Brownfield Renewal Person of the Year!

There is no fee for participating and nominations can be submitted directly online at
http://www.brownfieldrenewal.com/poy-award.html ,

brownfieldrenewal.com Is there a man or women in the reuse and redevelopment industry that's been on a roll over the past six months or longer? An individual who has demonstrated the ability to innovate, collaborate across multiple industry disciplines, executed the plan and delivered the goods? Someone who has captured…

Brownfield Renewal - News: Waterfront Development Offered Through CBRE Auction Service

The will take place on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. The ±24.7 acre property is one large contiguous parcel and has 1,797 feet of frontage along the . , , , , , , .

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Largest remaining undeveloped waterfront parcel in downtown New Bern will be sold in an Online Auction.

Brownfield Renewal - News: Portland Brownfields: 910 Acres Strong…and Waiting

The new International Airport World Trade Center is envisioned to include over one million square feet of , 90,000 square feet for research and and a 400-room hotel with convention space. ,

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal The city of Portland, Ore.'s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability has just updated its inventory maps of every brownfield site in the city — all 910 acres of those that had been used for commercial or industrial use dating back to the 1930s.

Brownfield Renewal - News: Sharpsburg, Ky.: Property Now a Vibrant Community Center

“What do you want? What can you live without? Have your finances stable and in order before the project kicks off because you will end up having to dip into your funds. Also, never give up!” ,

brownfieldrenewal.com When the city of Sharpsburg, Kentucky, was offered a donation of the property on the site of the old Sharpsburg gym and school grounds, Mayor Dorothy Clemons and other city officials consulted with the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection?s Brownfield Redevelopment Program for assistance…

Brownfield Renewal - News: EPA Announces $11 Million in Supplemental Funds for Clean up,...

The State of ’ will use funds to partner with a nonprofit to bring to an community in

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11 million in supplemental funding to help clean up contaminated Brownfields properties.

Brownfield Renewal - News: Industrial - Re-emerging as the Leading Sector for Brownfields Re-use?

New York State: our own impact analysis made a surprising finding that 16 manufacturers had used New York's controversial Program tax credit, and the resulting projects had produced more than 2,500 new/retained jobs and 2.0 million sq ft of new or refurbished manufacturing space

brownfieldrenewal.com BrownField Renewal Industrial development was the cornerstone of brownfields re-use in the 1990's, but, for at least the last 10 years, most projects (and, especially, most of the projects held up as model success stories) have been residential, commercial, and mixed use. Now industrial use is makin…