Greenberg Gibbons announced that its 2 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Annapolis, MD, the Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole, received a Phoenix Award for its excellence in brownfield redevelopment.
The Phoenix awards honor individuals and groups who are working to solve critical environmental and community challenges when transforming formerly used real estate into productive new uses. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues the same awards in 10 different regions of the country -- the Annapolis project is the 2009 Phoenix Award winner for Region 3, which spans the Mid-Atlantic states.
While Greenberg Gibbons was construction the 35-acre Annapolis Towne Centre, it had to execute a quick clean-up of the grounds, which were the site of one of the largest dry cleaner chemical spills in Maryland’s history. To achieve these goals, Greenberg Gibbons entered into the Maryland Voluntary Cleanup Program and worked closely with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Anne Arundel County, as well as a team of environmental engineers and planners. In the end, Greenberg Gibbons had conducted $5 million worth of environmental remediation of polluted soil and groundwater covering several acres, and put in place a comprehensive storm water management program.
Annapolis Towne Centre is an open-air development anchored by a 170,000-square-foot Target and one of the largest Whole Foods Markets in the country. Other retailers include Anthropologie, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brooks Brothers, Eastern Mountain Sports, Great Gatherings, J.Jill, Sur La Table, Talbots, Origins, Paper Source, Smyth Jewelers, 24 Hour Fitness and restaurants Brio, The Chop House, Gordon Biersch, Metro Silver Diner, PF Chang’s and The Real Seafood Company. The lifestyle center also features Class A office space, luxury condos and apartments.
This article appears in CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Nov. 22 - 28, 2009
This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on
expansions or new concepts at Electronic Arts and Kebab Café and Salvaje!;
closings, cutbacks, defaults, or bankruptcy news at Penn Traffic and Blockbuster;
acquisition, merger, loan, sale, or IPO activity at Developers Diversified, Thompson National Properties, City of New York and Thor Equities;
new retail development news in NJ and NV;
personnel or corporate announcements at Levin Management, Feldman Mall Properties, Up Ventures, and S.L. Nusbaum;
sustainability and green building news at Annapolis Town Center; and more.