[CPEO-BIF] Downtown Birmingham, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

It takes a little green to turn brown into beautiful, even in downtown 
Birmingham.

Birmingham approves brownfield tax credits for Catalyst project


Jon Zemke
Metromode (MI)
September 18, 2008

The Birmingham City Commission approved important brownfield tax credits 
that will make the construction of the new Greenleaf Trust building 
(commonly known as the Catalyst project) possible. The $1.36 million in 
tax incentives will help pay for clearing and cleaning of the old, 
abandoned gas station at the corner of Woodward and Maple.

"It's incredibly important," says Jill Robinson, a city planner with the 
city of Birmingham. "Because of the contamination on those sites we 
wouldn't see any development on them, especially a beautiful, 5-story 
gateway building like this."

In its place, Greenleaf Trust plans to build a mixed-use structure, 
featuring space for retail, commercial and residential.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.metromodemedia.com/devnews/birminghamcatalyst0085.aspx

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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
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