BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST 

1. PROJECT INITIATION

• City / Prospect Contact
• Property Identification
• Site Characteristics
• Reuse Plan / Vision / Comprehensive Plan
• Feasibility / Market Study / Highest Yield
• Community Input

2. SITE DESCRIPTION / PREPARATION

• Preliminary Design / Engineering

3. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES / REVIEW

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
• Baseline Environmental Assessment
• Due Care Observations
• Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Work Plan
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Assistance / Review

4. LAND ASSEMBLY

• Real Estate Consultant
• Land Valuation / Appraisals
• Purchase Agreement / Option
• Warranty Deed / Quit Claim Deed
• Title Commitment (clear liens, taxes, etc.)
• Survey / Legal Description
• Street Vacation
• Taxes / Mortgages / Easement / Trustee / Power of Attorney
• Clearances
• Legal Advice
• Closing
• Record at Register of Deeds
• Title Policy

5. SITE STABILIZATION / CODE ENFORCEMENT

• Maintenance
• Security
• Blight Abatement
  
  
  

6. FINANCING

• Sources / Uses
• Pro forma
• Financial Statements
• Cost / Benefit Analysis
• Market Analysis
• Public Incentive Package
• • BRA - Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
  • EDC - Economic Development Corporation
  • PA 198 - Public Act 198 Tax Abatement
  • EOF - Economic Opportunity Fund

7. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

• Approval Process / Public Hearing
• • Use
  • Design
  • Jobs
  • Sale of Property
  • Funding Assistance
  • Other Commitments

8. DEMOLITION / REMEDIATION

9. CONSTRUCTION

• Site Plan Review / Permits
• Final Design / Engineering
• Private Construction
• Public Improvements / City Bid Process / Construction

10. PROJECT SUPPORT / MONITORING OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT  

Brownfield Redevelopment Resource Directory