Author of the article: Brian Cross
Publishing date: Jul 28, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 4 minute read • Since January 2020 there have been 15 applications to the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan. Windsor city council agreed to give the developers of this property at 1200 University Ave. West a $3-million grant under program for soil remediation. A portion of the property is shown on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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A city program created in 2010 to entice investors to build on contaminated old industrial sites has been blazingly successful in the last 18 months.
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In its first six years, uptake on the Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan was tepid just four approvals for grants to help investigate possible contamination and tax breaks to compensate for the considerable costs of cleanup. Things sped up in the next four years with 23 approvals. And since
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The City of Windsor has moved a step further to help a $21-million project that would turn a fire-damaged commercial building in Walkerville into a large residential structure.
On Monday, the city’s development and heritage standing committee unanimously approved an application by Duo Fratres Inc. for a grant on redevelopment of 1370 Argyle Rd., under the municipality’s Brownfield Redevelopment Community Improvement Plan.
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Ward 3 Coun. Rino Bortolin, who chairs the committee, expressed gratitude and congratulations to Duo Fratres Inc., the owner of the site.