The City of Lansing is seeking a $1 million grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for the cleanup of the Lansing City Market site Downtown.
The 3.64-acre site needs to be cleaned up before developer Pat Gillespie can start construction on his $30 million City Market redevelopment.
The City Market site used to be surrounded by train tracks, a gas station, auto repair shop and other industrial properties that contaminated the site. The DEQ 
Brownfield Cleanup grant would provide resources to resolve environmental contamination issues on the riverfront site and make it suitable for residential and commercial redevelopment.
"This is a major step forward in the progress of our city," says Mayor Bernero, when the City of Lansing announced it was going after the grant.
"The redevelopment of the old City Market site will transform our downtown riverfront into a powerful magnet for recreation, entertainment and commerce that will draw thousands of people from across the region into our City. The state grant will fund a major environmental cleanup along our riverfront, which will leverage the creation of dozens of new jobs for Lansing residents, expand our tax base and secure a vibrant new future for the historic Lansing City Market."
Gillespie plans to build a year-round market near the existing City Market space.
Source: Randy Hannan, City of Lansing
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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