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EPA publishes Direct Final Rule recognizing ASTM updates, changing Phase I Environmental Site Assessment requirements to satisfy the All Appropriate Inquires Rule when buying forestland and rural property.
Update: this rule is now in effect..
On June 20, 2017, EPA published a Direct Final Rule in the Federal Register, to provide......
The Climate Smart Brownfield Manual is another top notch resource prepared by the experts at EPA.
While perceptions of brownfields, blighted land and vacant greyfield property as liabilities persist, these oddlots and marginal lands are a resource like any other real property. A brownfield's underutilization is a function of bad eco......
Amazon’s biggest acquisition—14X the size of its next largest acquisition and the biggest deal in grocery history—nets a premier brand, a supremely well-located site portfolio... and a plan to nearly triple in size.
Another Amazonian earthquake has rocked the foundations of the retail world after last Friday morning&rs......
A big calendar of brownfield conferences on environment, energy, planning, remediation and redevelopment in 2017 will deliver huge educational, social and professional opportunities.
January
January 05-07 | IICSEEHawaii 2017 | International Academic Forum (IAFOR) – IAFOR International Conference on Sustainability, Energy &a......
With 7+ billion people on the planet and the weather changing, the stakes in the battle between civilization and nature are going up—along with the costs and consequences of poor planning.
Last year Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana experienced two 500-year floods in the span of 5 months. Teal Myers Jr. lived in the village of Tangipahoa fo......
What is a brownfield? Is there one definition or many? How will the brownfield question define my legal liability when I purchase real estate?
Brownfield definitions can and do vary by state, but Congress and the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 defined the term "brownfield" as "real p......
Getting the most out of the data collection for your EPA Brownfields Grant application
Congratulations on meeting the deadline to submit your EPA Brownfields Grant proposal! You worked hard to collect data and create a winning description of your project. Now the waiting begins until EPA announces whether you will receive your grant in the s......
Developing brownfields is tougher without having the right tools and knowing how to use them.
Brownfield Listings (BL) developed a different kind of real estate listing to meet the high demands of modern redevelopment projects. BL’s listing is built for every property, real estate project and potential project in the United States&mda......
Boring through the Earth is slow, time consuming and expensive. Boring through brownfields can be a danger to human health and the environment.
Brownfields are like a box of chocolates. You really don’t know what’s inside until you bite in. Dirt works the same way. Nobody can be sure what’s underground until you start diggi......
The bipartisan law actually grants EPA more power to regulate more hazardous chemicals, with important upgrades that EPA is beginning to implement.
On June 22, 2016, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act made major and long overdue amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which is the primary chemical......
The Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Brownfields team up to develop a health indicator tool for use in redevelopment planning to build healthier communities.
A new tool developed by the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Brownfields hopes to help deliver a healthier future to some of Minnesota’s more than 10,000 f......
The robust retail supply chain readjustment is cascading through the entire economy and industrial real estate may be the biggest beneficiary.
Recently we’ve focused on the growing pain in the retail sector as a result of record store closures as well as the transformative growing pains being experienced by a retail indu......
The e-commerce revolution took a long time to build up, but now an online flood led by Amazon is sweeping away weak hands. One-third of malls may close in the next decade, even as retail sales rise to new record highs.
Last week, we discussed Amazon’s blowout $35.7 billion quarter and how U.S. consumer spending and retail sales have re......
Runaway results from Amazon pile onto recent reports of record store closings. A new generation of greyfields is born.
After the bell yesterday, Amazon reported its first-quarter earnings and blew away analyst estimates. The online juggernaut's e-commerce and cloud-computing businesses continued to take market share. Retail sales jumped ......
Record store closings could be met with record store openings in 2017 as a retail renaissance reinvents and reshapes the space forever. Many legacy retailers are losing their relevance even in a swelling growth environment breaking retail sales records.
Retail sales disappointed last Friday (May 12), but only because reported growt......
Go-to digest from U.S. EPA centralizes requirements for entering a brownfield into each state’s response program to get to “NFA” and get your property back into productive use
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Brownfields Program last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched its Next Generation Brownf......
Multiple studies show brownfield redevelopment raises property values, catalyzes investment and returns orders of magnitude on public investment.
Decades of research have consistently demonstrated that close proximity to polluted sites, brownfields and other unwanted land uses decreases property values substantially. But you don’t......
Manage the risk in your brightfield development from pre-construction to operation to insure the sun steadily shines on your investment
Brightfield development is creating value and providing tangible rewards for stakeholders—many of which have been deadlocked in limbo with little potential for productive use on their property. Closed ......
Has the competitive position of the U.S. economy ever been greater than it is today? This series examines the data and explores the ups and downs we’re experiencing on the way to making this America’s best century.
After decades of waiting, U.S. wages have started rising. In September, the Census Bureau reported that median U.S. ......
Roses are red, violets are blue… but if 2 flowers had 1 name, how could you tell which was which or who was who?
When Congress defined the term “brownfield,” it identified a large segment of real estate with uninvestigated and unknown conditions, or “properties with questions” that “may or......
Community Solar is opening new development opportunities on marginal sites of all shapes and sizes, driving brownfield demand and making solar energy more accessible than ever—even to those without a roof or open field of their own.
Industry has long since left. It’s been decades since the last car fueled up. ......
