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M id A tlantic R eal E state J ournal Publisher .................................................................Linda Christman Publisher ....................................................................Joe Christman Senior Editor/Graphic Artist ..................................... Karen Vachon Production Assistant/Graphic Artist ............................... Julie King Associate Publisher ................................................. Alissa Aronson Associate Publisher ...................................................Eric Ballenger Associate Publisher .............................................. Barbara Holyoke Associate Publisher .....................................................Steve Kelley Office Manager .........................................................Joanne Gavaza Contributing Columnist . .............................................Robert Sobol Mid Atlantic R eal E state J ournal ~ Published Semi-Monthly Periodicals postage paid at Rockland, Massachusetts and additional mailing offices Postmaster send address change to: Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal, 312 Market St. Rockand, MA 02370 USPS #22-358 | Vol. 28 Issue 6 Subscription rates: $99 - one year, $198 - two years, $4 - single copy

Robert Sobol

A New View on Old Sites

“ Contaminated” is no lon- ger a dirty word. Less than a decade ago commercial real estate developers would not even consider purchasing property that did not have a clean bill of health from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). Brownfields or Su- perfund sites were not seen as viable locations for commercial development. Furthermore, banks would never approve loans to purchase property that did not fully comply with NJDEP cleanup standards. But what a difference a de- cade makes. Now, due to the scarcity of available land in prime loca- tions developers are seeing opportunities in areas once considered forbidden and for- gotten territory. Industrial zoned land in close proximity to the Ports of Newark and Elizabeth has become very desirable for development. According to the authors of The Port Support Zone Act of

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2015 “Upon the completion of the Panama Canal expan- sion project, there will be an increase in demand along the Eastern Seaboard for ports to accommodate Post-Panamax and Super Post-Panamax ships” thus making the area surrounding the ports even more desirable to developers of warehouse and distribution space. The problem with land sur- rounding the ports is that for decades it has been the dumping ground for all things toxic. Prior to the advent of the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA) there was little or no regula- tion and oversight for the disposal of toxic byproducts by heavy industrial manufac- turers. This lack of regulation enabled companies to dispose of hazardous material in the most economical and conve- nient ways possible. For many companies this meant burying toxic waste in the “backyard” or flushing it into the nearest stream as standard operating procedure. Although strict NJDEP laws have helped to ensure a continued on page 18A

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