City takes next step in Black Mountain cleanup
After years of environmental studies and planning, remediation work is at last scheduled to begin next year on the former industrial site in the 3500 block of East Washington Street.
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Former uses of Diamond Chain site could pose ‘bit of a sticky situation’ for developers
Experts are optimistic that the property’s redevelopment will spur growth in housing and entertainment, but the industrial site’s environmental and historical factors must be considered in the aggressive timeline set for Eleven Park.
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Developers planning $25M development on former brownfield site
The city has spent the past several years remediating the former railyard site and marketing it for potential development.
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Reentry not-for-profit RecycleForce breaks ground on new headquarters
RecycleForce says the 102,500-square-foot facility will allow it to recycle 12 million pounds of electronic waste and employ 600 people annually, doubling its capacity.
Q&A with Joel Markland of BCA Environmental Consultants: Turning fields from brown to green
BCA Environmental Consultants LLC is one of many firms that helps local governments and businesses figure out how to clean up messes, commonly called “brownfields.”
Former bakery warehouse site to be cleaned up with $345,000 grant
The east-side site was used by Colonial Baking Co. as warehouse storage, truck loading and truck repair from the mid-1950s through the 1990s. It is contaminated with heavy metals and petroleum compounds, and has remained unused for decades.
Local environmental firm acquired by two private-equity firms
An Indianapolis-based environmental engineering firm that moved into a new downtown headquarters last year has been acquired by Chicago-based Woodlawn Partners LLC and Detroit-based Peninsula Capital Partners LLC.
Major overhaul to city’s zoning code takes effect
Indy Rezone replaces a 1969 version and provides a host of updates addressing more modern urban development.
Ballard: Polluters dawdling on brownfield cleanup
The owners of more than 20 polluted industrial sites in Indianapolis are hiding behind the legal protections of a state-run voluntary program to delay cleanup, Mayor Greg Ballard alleges in a letter to state regulators.