2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:07:28 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Siskyou Square site, Portland Oregon
 
Turning brown to green not so easy
Siskyou Square site is mired in a swamp of development troubles


By Jim Redden
Portland Tribune (OR)
November 11, 2010

It has become virtually an article of faith among urban planners that so-called "brownfields" are economic development opportunities waiting to happen.

...


The vacant 26-acre parcel on Northeast 82nd Avenue across from Madison High School is one of the largest parcels of undeveloped property in the city limits. It is along a major transportation corridor close to Interstate 84, Interstate 205 and the Portland International Airport. It has also been empty for years.

The site is a former landfill. Organic materials buried there generate methane gas. But owner Mike Hashem spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a state-approved venting system to make it safe. Despite that, Hashem is auctioning the property, cutting the price from $7.2 million to $4.65 million just to sell it.

...

For the entire article, see
http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128942577539744700

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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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