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Real Estate/Development

Jul. 22, 2003

Statutory Tools Help Municipalities Redevelop Troublesome Brownfields

BY GIDEON KRACOV Redevelopment of contaminated properties raises the threat of environmental liability. Such properties are "brownfields," defined as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant."

BY GIDEON KRACOV

Redevelopment of contaminated properties raises the threat of environmental liability. Such properties are "brownfields," defined as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant."

Reuse of brownfields revitalizes urban neighborhoods. A brownfield property may be a multiacre abandoned industrial facility in a redevel...

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