2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:43:10 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Centerville district mixed-use project, Fremont, California
 
New contamination issue further delays Fremont project

Divided council chooses to move forward with housing and retail in Centerville district

Matthew Artz
Oakland Tribune (CA)
January 27, 2011

FREMONT -- Council members aren't throwing in the towel on a star-crossed housing and retail project in the Centerville district despite the recent discovery of more soil contamination on the site. The council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to continue exclusively negotiating with developer Blake Hunt Ventures, which has proposed nearly 200 apartments and about 14 shops on a 6.6-acre site fronting Fremont Boulevard between Thornton Avenue and Bonde Way.

Negotiations stalled last year when soil vapor contaminates were found on the site, likely caused by a former dry-cleaning business, city officials said.

Fremont spent about $13 million to purchase the land and remove contaminates roughly a decade ago, years before the soil vapors were included among contaminates for which testing was required.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_17206973

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Lenny Siegel
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