Council adopts Brownfield plan for Villas at Pebble Creek redevelopment at former Sarah Fisher site
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Summary
Council adopted a Brownfield redevelopment plan for Robertson Brothers’ Villas at Pebble Creek at 27400 W. 12 Mile Road, enabling environmental remediation, demolition (except chapel preservation) and construction of 76 condos with eligible brownfield costs estimated at about $3.9 million.
The Farmington Hills City Council adopted a Brownfield plan Nov. 10 for Robertson Brothers Homes’ proposed Villas at Pebble Creek, a redevelopment of the former Sarah Fisher Center at 27400 West 12 Mile Road.
Chrystia Brockway, the city’s director of economic development, said the proposal calls for demolition of about 115,000 square feet of existing structures (the historic chapel would be preserved), environmental site assessment work, removal of contaminated materials, groundwater treatment, asbestos abatement, and demolition monitoring. The total eligible Brownfield activities were estimated at roughly $3.9 million under Act 381 of 1996, and the applicant estimated a total private project investment of about $46.8 million and a future taxable value increase over $23 million.
Robertson Brothers representatives were on hand to answer technical questions; the public hearing drew no substantive new opposition at the council meeting and the council adopted the Brownfield plan to enable remediation and subsequent redevelopment steps.
Next steps: the applicant will proceed with required Brownfield plan implementation work, environmental remediation and demolition in coordination with city staff and applicable state regulators; tax capture under Act 381 will be applied to eligible remediation costs as outlined in the adopted plan.