[CPEO-BIF] Georgetown Mall, Ann Arbor, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Owner of Ann Arbor's Georgetown Mall site seeking tax breaks on $30 
million project

By Ryan J. Stanton
annarbor.com (MI)
January 25, 2011

The owner of Georgetown Mall in Ann Arbor is seeking millions of dollars 
in tax breaks to help finance a $30 million redevelopment of the former 
strip mall site along Packard Street.

Bloomfield Hills-based developer Craig Schubiner made his case Monday 
night to the city's Brownfield Review Committee, which offered positive 
feedback on preliminary plans for tax-increment financing on a new 
mixed-use project called Packard Square.

...

The developer traces the source of the site's environmental 
contamination to a dry cleaning facility that once operated along the 
southern portion of the property. Previous investigations have 
identified both soil and groundwater contamination, including 
chlorinated solvents.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.annarbor.com/news/owner-of-ann-arbors-georgetown-mall-site-seeking-tax-breaks-on-30-million-project/

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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
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