Cleaning Up Old Commercial Properties for New Business Ventures

Once upon a time, if you walked by an abandoned building, you would have kept on walking. Today, thanks to new technology and brownfield redevelopment specialists, that old abandoned building can become

New life for old buildings is the concept behind brownfield redevelopment, and it has proven very profitable for companies that have done it correctly. Brownfields are abandoned or underutilized buildings that the owners cannot afford to refurbish or clean up. Many of these old structures contain contaminants; some even house underground gas tanks, while others have low levels of hazardous waste. Yet they can become viable properties once again. By using one of these properties, you can do the following:

• Better use the land in a more productive manner that will better serve the environment
• Create new jobs
• Increase area property values
• Eliminate the need for a typically long and environmentally unsafe building process
• Eliminate dangerous, potentially unsafe, and often unsightly structures