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Revolutionary War Building Is Part Of A Proposed 200-Unit Apartment Complex Revolutionary War Building Is Part Of A Proposed 200-Unit Apartment Complex
Revolutionary War Building Is Part Of A Proposed 200-Unit Apartment Complex A proposal to turn a Revolutionary-War-era manufacturing building into an apartment complex has been filed in the Blackstone River Valley Heritage Corridor. Developer Douglas Backman has proposed renovating the 50,000-square-foot Steelcraft Building in Millbury into a mixed-use building with two adjacent apartment buildings, according to documents filed with the town’s planning and development department. The renovation is expected to cost $50 million. The development is called Singletary Arms and would include 197-198 residential units, 2,400-square-feet of restaurant space, and 10,000-sq…
Industrial Contamination Cleanup Effort In Chicopee Gets $300K Industrial Contamination Cleanup Effort In Chicopee Gets $300K
Industrial Contamination Cleanup Effort In Chicopee Gets $300K Chicopee is getting $300,000 to help clean up environmentally damaged places in the Willimansett, industrial area. Among the sites slated for clean-up are the Spalding sports equipment manufacturing facility on Meadow Street and properties along the North Chicopee Street Corridor, said Congressman Richard Neal. The money is coming from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “brownfields” program, which provides funds for areas that have been severely polluted. To be named a brownfield property, the area has to be available for demolition, redevelopment or other reuse once the environme…