Mesothelioma and Asbestos

The former Carondelet Coke factory in St. Louis, Missouri used to be a coal gasification as well as coke production plant until it closed in 1988. Heavy pollution prevented the site from being redeveloped for many years, the largest single parcel of publicly owned industrial property in the city. Under the Brownfield Redevelopment Plan, the Missouri Department of Economic Development is giving the city $6.73 million in tax credits to uncluttered up the ground contamination as well as asbestos at the site.

Environmental Operations Inc. will be completing the asbestos abatement, cleanup as well as demolition of the site. Once the cleanup operations are total, the site will be handed over to developer Green Street Broadway Investors LLC for the construction of six recent buildings for a recent business park. The project could potentially create 360 jobs.

Cleanup will begin in unhurried September or beginning October, as well as the work will continue for one to three years. Development of the property could take an additional three years, but it has tremendous potential due to its size as well as access to highway, river as well as railroad transportation.

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