[CPEO-BIF] Plant City, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Sprawling industrial park proposed

A Michigan developer has big plans for a corner of this city and 
promises a lot of jobs.

By CATHERINE E. SHOICHET
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
November 30, 2007

PLANT CITY

When the residential market was hot, Sunrise Homes planned to build more 
than 2,600 houses on 1,400 acres in the eastern corner of Plant City.

Now a Michigan developer wants to build a sprawling industrial park on 
the site at U.S. 92 and Park Road.

The 8.1-million-square-foot Lakeside Station project could be nearly 
eight times the size of the Westfield Brandon mall when completed.

But first, Schafer Development is asking government officials to 
designate the site as a "brownfield." That would give the developer a 
chance to seek state tax breaks on the decontamination and redevelopment 
of the land, which borders Coronet Industries' property and includes two 
former city and county landfills.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/30/Brandontimes/Sprawling_industrial_.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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