Developer beware
What to watch out for when converting environmentally-impacted properties into new development. By Dawn Meyers
W
ith the inventory of
properties, or former industrial uses, the
myriad of land use, environmental, liability
raw land dwindling in
redevelopment of these types of properties
and public relations issues that certainly lie
many communities,
raise a new set of developmental hurdles to
ahead. This article will highlight some of the
many developers are
consider. These properties often carry with
primary obstacles for landowners, developers
considering stepping into the world of
them a unique and complex history, making
and contractors considering converting
environmentally-impacted properties.
their conversion and development a trap
environmentally-impacted properties into
Whether former golf-courses, agricultural
for those unaware of or unprepared for the
new development.
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