Chelsea plans to redevelop old Buchanan Building in downtown

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | Source: Concentrate
The Buchanan Street Building will be getting a new life -- but what that new life will be is too early to tell.

Chelsea's city council just put out a request for proposals for the building, formerly the old Bookcrafters site. The Buchanan Street Building has been empty and mainly used as storage.

"Obviously, the city wants it to be put back into a positive use again," he says. "The RFP is general enough to allow the private sector to be creative."

Its redevelopment potential is limited only by what developers have in mind (and, of course, what the city approves), he says, without discounting a light industrial or mixed use. The city council plans to look at RFPs by early August.

The city has held town hall meetings for gathering resident feedback; more are forthcoming, Hanifan says.

Source: John Hanifan, city manager for Chelsea
Writer: Kristin Lukowski
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