United States Lansing Tender

A contaminated property in Lansing will be redeveloped with apartments and commercial space with help from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality MDEQ. The Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority was awarded a 1000000 Refined Petroleum Brownfield Grant a 250000 Renew Michigan Brownfield Grant and a 750000 Brownfield Redevelopment Loan to revitalize and safely reuse multiple properties on Michigan Avenue in downtown Lansing.The sites that will be redeveloped were previously used for automotive service and sales gasoline stations and lumber and coal storage. Soil and groundwater were contaminated by leaks from the gas station and auto service underground storage tanks and from coal storage. The brownfield grant and loan will be used to remove contaminated soil manage contaminated groundwater and install a ventilation system to prevent harmful vapors from entering the building. The MDEQ grant will also pay for demolition of vacant blighted buildings. The Gillespie Group will construct a four-story building with residential apartments a nationally-ranked hotel with conference roommeeting space lounge and a restaurant and a first-floor urban grocery operated by Meijer. The 41500000 redevelopment will create 25 new full-time jobs.The city of Lansing has approved a brownfield plan to help pay for other environmental costs and site and public improvements. The MDEQ partners with communities to protect public health and the environment and revitalize contaminated property. MDEQ grants and loans pay for environmental investigation and cleanup on brownfields. Brownfields are vacant or abandoned properties with known or suspected environmental contamination.Partnerships between MDEQ and communities have created over 4.7 billion in private investment and 24000 new jobs over the life of the Brownfield Redevelopment Program. Each grant and loan dollar invested by the MDEQ in 2018 to protect residents and the environment is expected to return an average of 42 to the states economy. When brownfields are redeveloped property values increase both on the revitalized site and on other nearby properties.