2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:41:49 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Interchange Business Center, San Bernardino, California
 
Chetan 1.2 MSF Project on Former Brownfield Site in California Earns LEED Certification

By Tonie Auer
Contract Magazine
July 23, 2009


A 1.2-million-square-foot industrial park touted as the largest speculative industrial project in the United States became one of the largest overall projects in California to receive LEED certification. Developed by Dallas-based Hillwood, the project was sold to CB Richard Ellis Investors a year ago, but Hillwood staff recently completed the Silver LEED certification process on behalf of the new buyer.

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Prior to its extensive remediation, the 144-acre site was defined as a brownfield. The location dates back to before World War II, when it housed a facility to manufacture silica gel. During the war, the site was used for the storage, packing and testing of six-pound incendiary bombs for the military. Later it was used for zeolite production of mineral based composites used in water softening.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contractmagazine.com/contract/content_display/news/e3i13c7558c2d1a9d596106aa8e6cf70d7c

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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