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Lakeview Bluffs
Lake County, Ohio

Lakeview Bluffs, Lake County, Ohio Client: Hemisphere Development/Tierra Solutions

Lakeview Bluffs. It’s one of the most creative brownfield redevelopment projects in the country underway today and it has been more than 30 years in the making.  After nearly 10 years of negotiations, careful planning, risk assessments, and remediation, this 1,100-acre former home of the Diamond Shamrock Painesville Works located on the shores of Lake Erie and the banks of the Grand River is beginning to bear fruit – literally.

It was during a tour of the 1-acre test vineyard in April 2007 with visiting scholars from Harvard University that the foundation for a formal case study of this dynamic redevelopment project gained momentum.  Doctor of Design candidate Andreas Georgoulias completed the case study in October 2007 under the supervision of School of Design professor Spiro N. Pollalis.  The study itself has not only become a basis for class discussion at Harvard, it is drawing national attention from across the brownfield industry. Click here for a copy of the study.

Hull was hired by a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) group that partnered with northeast Ohio city officials and private investors to complete:

• Phase I and II environmental site assessments;
• Risk assessments;
• Feasibility Studies;
• Remedy designs;
• Cost estimates;
• Two successful applications for CORF grants;
• Community outreach;
• Land use planning;
• Remediation, demolition, and construction management; and
• No Further Action support documents.

Hull’s civil and geotechnical engineers and ecologists collaborated to develop and implement a multidisciplinary approach to enhance the Grand River corridor that meanders through the property and return the area to a more natural state.

Today, remedial and construction work is well underway at Lakeview Bluffs, including the construction of more than 1.2 miles of shoreline revetment along Lake Erie as part of the creation of a lakefront beach and park; the construction of an 18-hole golf course, golf academy and clubhouse; and the restoration of extensive streambank area along the Grand River.  Upcoming construction projects include expansion of the vineyard; the development of The Bluffs golf residential community, winery and trout club facilities; the Lakefront Town Center and Lakeview Bluffs Resort Village, hotel and sports academy complex; and additional residential communities south of the Grand River.

To find out how Hull can help, please contact Hull 's BrownfieldsMarket Leader, Brad White at (513) 459-9677.