Project Manager: Office of Planning and Economic Development
Project Location: 126 Memorial Drive
Property Owners: Astro Logistics LLC
Project Funding:$3 million, private funds for remediation
$200,000 EPA cleanup grant
$10,000 purchase price to the City.
Description: Astro Logistics, a chemical repackaging distribution company purchased the former Hampden Color and Chemical tax title and brownfields site which they secured through city RFP process for $10,000. The company spent 18 months and close to $3 million in private funds remediating and redeveloping the site. The City applied for and secured a US EPA $200,000 grant for cleanup of the site.
Astro Logistics LLC opened their new facility in 2007.
Parcel size: 7.73 acres
Building Size: 100,000+ sq ft
Zoning: Industrial Park
Project Status: COMPLETED