The developers of American Can Factory Square in Northside have applied for Ohio Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan funds (BCRLF) to complete environmental remediation of the site.

The BCRLF is made available by a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is disbursed by the Ohio Department of Development. Loans are offered at below-market rates to help return brownfield proerties to productivity.

Bloomfield, Schon & Partners is seeking $700,000 to scour off unacceptably high levels of PCB matter from the former manufacturing plant's concrete floors.

The unexpected new costs, which are estimated at $848,000, arouse from the failure of a previous chemical treatment remediation technique to lower the PCB levels on the concrete to the target level of 1 part per million.

Environmental work on the site began in November 2006 and is expected to cost over $1.3 million, of which nearly $455,000 came from a Clean Ohio Fund Revitalization grant.

The removal and disposal of contaminated wood block flooring, mastic and asbestos is nearly complete.

Butler Concrete Construction, Central Insulation Systems, SRW Environmental Services and Data Chem Laboratories have been selected to perform the concrete work.

Upon completion, American Can Factory Square will contain 93 market-rate apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. There will also be a new 20,000 square foot office building, and 13,000 square feet of retail on the adjacent Myron Johnson property.

Thirty for-sale townhomes along Langland St would be built in the second phase.

Further reading, photos and maps on BC:
American Can named local landmark (8/8/07)
Scooped on the American Can story (7/19/07)
Northside: American Can Factory Square (5/16/07)
Northside: American Can Factory Square (3/17/07)