[CPEO-BIF] Whitehall Leather (MI)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Whitehall's Brownfield tannery site may soon be 200 lakeside condos

By: Deborah Johnson Wood
Rapid Growth (MI)
June 7, 2007

The site of the former 300,000-square-foot Whitehall Leather Company 
tannery may soon be 200 lakeside condominiums. Grand Rapids-based 
Eastbrook Homes purchased the 33-acre waterfront parcel on the east end 
of White Lake and, with the help of a variety of grants and tax 
incentives, plans to clean up the contaminated Brownfield site and begin 
construction.

"We're excited about taking something that is blighted and turning it 
into something that's a point of great pride for the community," says 
Bob Sorensen, Eastbrook spokesman. "It'll require a lot of good things 
to happen but we'll make it happen."

Plans to-date remain fluid, but Sorensen hopes to soon have a name for 
the development and architectural drawings. He expects plans will 
include both attached and stand alone condominiums, beachfront units, 
and about 150 boat slips for residents.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/developmentnews/tannery0607.aspx

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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