[CPEO-BIF] Oxid Corp., Novi, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tech company plans to develop brownfield site


By VALERIE WEST
Oakland Press (MI)
May 9, 2009

NOVI - A technology-driven company is looking for a new home in Novi. 
The city recently approved its first-ever brownfield project for Oxid 
Corp. A brownfield is an under-used commercial or industrial property to 
be redeveloped, usually with a history of contamination.

"(Novi is) a new community, so you don't see much of that,": said Ara 
Topouzian, economic development director for the city.

Oxid will be at 25275 Regency Drive, where existing buildings built in 
the early 2000s were partially constructed but never used, Topouzian 
said, adding the site does have soil contamination.

Some of the contaminants in the soil include lead and benzene, said Brad 
Hansen, Oakland County environmental program coordinator.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/05/09/business/doc4a0567bcdc411668055004.txt

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