2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:15:09 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Watson-Higgins Milling Co. site, Rapid City, MIchigan
 
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
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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