[CPEO-BIF] Housing near Five Point, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

216-unit apartment complex proposed near Five Points
Brownfield remediation under way at site
	
	
By Ron MacArthur
Cape Gazette (DE)
July 28, 2009
	
The first application for Sussex County's pilot rental program will go 
before county planners next month.

Arbors at Cottagedale, a nine-building, 216-unit apartment project 
planned for 18 acres near the intersection of Plantation and Shady roads 
off MacKenzie Way behind The Home Depot would provide 32 below-market 
rental units to the county program.

...

The parcel is on a brownfield site, known as Jackson Pit, yet state 
officials had no objections to the project during its review under the 
Preliminary Land Use Service (PLUS) process.

"DNREC commends the developer for his intention to place needed 
multi-family housing on a brownfield site," wrote Kevin Coyle, a 
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) 
representative. "However, the nature of the site and the proposed use 
requires continued approvals and monitoring from DNREC. DNREC hopes to 
continue to work closely with the developer to facilitate the use of 
this site."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200907/aptcomplex28.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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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