[CPEO-BIF] Demolition in Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Demolition: Shuttered factories keep contractors busy

By Mike Landstrom
Tri-Cities Busines Review (MI)
April 16, 2008

The building demolition industry is a beneficiary of Michigan's painful 
economic restructuring.

"Over five million square feet of industrial plants have been demolished 
in the past 24 months in Mid-Michigan," said Pat Wurtzel of Bierlein 
Companies of Midland.

Brownfield redevelopment

When Michigan's manufacturing facilities close their doors, potentially 
dangerous abandoned buildings become a concern for local governments.

"Many communities have established brownfield redevelopment authorities 
that have assisted in the funding of demolition and remediation 
activities for obsolete properties," Wurtzel said.

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For the entire article, see
http://blog.mlive.com/tricities/2008/04/demolition_shuttered_factories.html

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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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