The MEDC needs to be disbanded

[TC Talks]

You are certainly correct that a risk exists that the environmental consultants will miss issues (recognized environmental conditions) during phase I and phase II assessments that could bite a property owner in the ass later.

I suspect the number of borings performed and soil samples collected on a known brownfield are far more extensive in number than those collected from an "ordinary" site.

Indeed, building on the former WWW site may not be a good idea. There are a number of other large former industrial sites that are currently unoccupied, mostly in urban areas.

You mean S. E. Michigan in a nutshell?

[MWmetalhead]

Yup. Buick City in Flint being a prime example. Portions of it have been redeveloped already (Lear has a plant there), but plenty remains available for re-use.