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Fertile fields Environmental remediation of distressed properties nationwide is at the heart of the Urban Land Restoration Index by global firm Arcadis.
By RICHARD MASSEY Managing Editor
environmental remediation – the index is meant to unite property owners, city officials, and develop- ers, behind projects that could be transformative for their locales. Not surprisingly, New York ends up with the high- est ranking. But the big takeaway from the index is that mid-market cities like Charlotte, Nash- ville, Pittsburg, and Portland, appear in the top 10. Cleveland, Baltimore, Phoenix, and Detroit appear at the bottom of the list. The Arcadis index is based in part on a 2014 survey of 45 global conglomer- ates, which hold over 20,000 properties deemed surplus. “Industrial land owners with large surplus proper- ties in central locations hold the key to one of the critical challenges of re-urbanization, the creation of new places with scale and critical mass,” the re- port says. “Not only does the redevelopment of
F ocused on the megatrend of re-urbanization, a new index ranking the development potential of centrally located brownfields in 27 U.S. cities is now on the market. “Industrial land owners with large surplus properties in central locations hold the key to one of the critical challenges of re-urbanization, the creation of new places with scale and critical mass.” Produced by Arcadis – a global, publicly trad- ed multidiscipline firm with an expertise in
Kurt Beil, Global Leader of Environmental Restoration, Arcadis
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