Site / Project Name |
Arnold Tool Building |
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Brownfield Site Address |
17676 Mt. Elliott Detroit, MI 48212 |
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Site Owner |
Nortown Community Development Corporation owns property |
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Clear Title |
Yes |
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Owner Contaminator |
No |
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Former Use |
former tool and die shop |
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Land Use |
The site is 0.25 acre site which consists of a one story cinderblock building, approx. 9,772 square feet with a permastone, front facade. It is an obsolete warehouse, used in part for storage of housing
fixtures, doors, and spare parts for housing rehab
on the north interior side of the building where the roof is stable. The southeast corner of the roof is leaking and threatened with collapse unless replaced or that section of the building razed. The Arnold Tool is on the east side of Mt. Elliott and across the street from the 1873 Philetus W. Norris House which is on the National Register and City of Detroit Historic District List. Recently, the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. has received a federal grant to analize infrastructure, etc. to revitalize the Mt. Elliott corridor as a job-potential corridor for the city of Detroit. |
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Infrastructure |
The site is in close proximity within 3 blocks to railroad lines and approximately 1 mile from Detroit City Airport and the Davison Freeway. |
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Assessment Level |
Phase 3/4
In addition to Phase I and Phase II EA, Category N(Baseline Assessment) done. Also Asbestos survvey was done along with a Reuse Plan and Due Care Plan. |
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Contaminants |
PCB's from flourescent lights, mold, arsenic in soil, barium and selenium in groundwater, UST(inert), and lead based paint. |
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Cleanup Program |
Yes
"N" Facility. Due Care Plan submitted to MDEQ. |
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Remediation |
Yes
underground oil pit has been cleaned and tested. Other findings only become an issue if buidling needs to be razed. |
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Developer |
Yes
Nortown Community Development Corp. as owner hopes to develop the site but might also be open to a partnership if entity would share in values, mission, and goals of the corporation. |
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Future Use |
Commercial
Family Life Skills Center and Job Training Site or possibly used as a warehouse. Nortown is also open to forming a partnership to attract the best type of development to this site, given the historic landmark of the 1873 Norris house across the street. Nortown does have a development plan for restoration of the one block long remaining structures of the Village but only has site control of the Norris House and two adjoining vacant lots to the north. Three (3) homes and two (2) commercial buildings comprise the rest of the block. Some of those structures are up for auction. Nortown would like to purchase and redevelop those structures to restore the 1873 Village as a tourist attraction in District 3 of northeast Detroit. |
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Financing Tools: Federal Programs |
EPA |
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Financing Tools: State Programs |
MDEQ grants? Detroit Brownfield Authority grants? |
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Financing Tools: Funds Committed |
No |
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Challenges |
Financing; Assessment and Cleanup of property
Finding the technical assistance to be able to proceed with Nortown CDC development plan in sensitivity to historic landmark of 1873 Norris House across the street. Norris House has a direct link to Yellowstone National Park through Village Founder P. W. Norris second superintendent of YNP. |
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Technical Assistance |
Tax Increment Financing; New Markets Tax Credits; Not sure
Need TA on how to best proceed with EA done to date |
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