[CPEO-BIF] Watson-Higgins Milling Co. site, Rapid City, MIchigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

West Side flour mill renovation launches brownfield cleanup, targets 
LEED Platinum

Rapid Growth (MI)
August 13(?), 2009


The building sits vacant now, but what was once the Watson-Higgins 
Milling Co. and eventually became a head and cylinder rebuilding shop in 
Grand Rapids is slated for renovation. When the work is complete, the 
developers expect to pursue LEED Platinum certification, the U.S. Green 
Building Council's highest designation.

Chris Muller of retail real estate firm, M Retail Solutions, and Keith 
Winn of Catalyst Partners, a consortium of sustainable design 
professionals, bought the building at 502 Second St. to create new 
offices for both businesses. Winn, a founding member of the U.S. Green 
Building Council and vice chair of the LEED Steering Committee, leads 
the efforts to develop and introduce new cost-effective energy efficient 
construction techniques to the renovation.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/devnews/Mretail0813.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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