LANSING CITY MARKET AND MARKETPLACE APARTMENTS

325 City Market Drive Lansing, Lansing City Market web site Lansing Marketplace Apartments web site Photos from Flickr and Gillespie Group

The old Lansing City Market had loads of history and character, but previous uses left the property contaminated. When the market needed to expand, the Lansing Brownfield Redevelopment Authority secured a Brownfield Redevelopment grant from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to facilitate the redevelopment. The property was redeveloped with a new City Market and apartments.

SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND HISTORY FUNDING AND INCENTIVES Commercial and industrial uses of the 3.64-acre property State and local Brownfield TIF and Michigan Business began in the 1880s. Prior businesses include Lansing Tax Credits were used along with a $1 million DEQ Iron and Engine Works, streetcar storage and repair, a Brownfield Redevelopment Grant. gas station, chemical storage, a foundry, a galvanizing plant, an auto repair, and a sheet metal shop. In 1938, OUTCOMES the Lansing City Market relocated to the property, and • State Equalized Value increased from $509,200 operated there until 2009. to $2,508,000 (2016) • $28 million in private investment ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND REMEDIATION • 50 full-time and 20 part-time new jobs The grant was used for demolition, removal of soil • Removed 23,377 tons of contaminated soil and contaminated with petroleum and arsenic, disposal of debris, and 67,400 gallons of contaminated contaminated groundwater, and a barrier beneath the groundwater new apartment building to protect residents from harmful • Vapor mitigation system installed under the vapors. residential building • Takes advantage of riverfront location with kayak REDEVELOPMENT rental and riverwalk A new Lansing City Market and Marketplace Apartments, a five-story, multi-unit residential building, were built on ADDITIONAL INFORMATION the site of the former Lansing City Market. The redevelopment projects residential development serves the wave of young professionals seeking urban living. The new Lansing City Marketplace development begins Market provided a much-needed upgrade to the previous market space. It provides a place for vendors to sell Marketplace downtown housing locally-produced products, and for locals to gather and shop at unique local businesses.

517-284-5113 www.michigan.gov/deqbrownfields October 2016 #mibrownfields