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Brownfields
The Environmental
Protection Commission was delegated the administration of the Brownfields Program
in Hillsborough County, effective June 15, 2004. EPC has participated as an
interested party in the Brownfields program to date and has the expertise and
resources to successfully administer the program within Hillsborough County. The
FDEP and EPC believe that authorizing the local program to negotiate Site
Rehabilitation Agreements and oversee the environmental cleanup of brownfields
will facilitate expansion of the program within the County. If you have questions
concerning the EPC’s Brownfields Program please call Mary Yeargan of the EPC at
813-627-2600, ext. 1303. The following documents are used in
implementing the brownfield projects at EPC:
Brownfields
Delegation Agreement
Model Site Access Agreement
Designation of Brownfield Areas
The designation of Brownfield Areas is
the responsibility of the local government.
To designate an area please contact the following individuals:
Unincorporated Hillsborough
County Division of Development Services
Janet Mueller—813-276-8303
Hillsborough County's Brownfield
Application
City of Tampa
Office of Environmental Coordination
Daniel Fahey, 813-348-1094
Plant City
James McDaniel, 813-659-4209
News
Brownfields Help Keep Region Green
Brownfield Links
Model BSRA updated May 2011
Model BSRA in
.pdf format
Model BSRA in
.doc format
FDEP Brownfields Program
EPA
Brownfields Program
Florida
Brownfields Association
Hillsborough County's Brownfield Application
Success Stories
Florida's Newest IKEA Store
Originally developed and operated as a cannery from 1936 until 1981, the
site of Florida’s newest IKEA store had been characterized by local media as
a “gritty industrial site between the Port of Tampa and Ybor City”.
Panattoni Development purchased the property in 2005 and entered the Florida
Brownfields Redevelopment Program in 2007. IKEA purchased the property
in 2008 from Panattoni after most of the environmental remedial work was
complete and opened the store in May 2009. The environmental issues
associated with the property were managed by removal of underground storage
tanks, railroad tracks and contaminated soil and the use of engineering and
institutional controls. The redeveloped 29-acre site now contains a
353,000 square foot store, a 350 seat restaurant and approximately 1,700
parking spaces. With the opening of the IKEA store, a destination
shopping location has been created immediately adjacent to historic Ybor
City and within the Adamo corridor, which stretches between the Tampa suburb
of Brandon and downtown Tampa. The IKEA project created 500 construction
jobs and 300 new, in-store jobs. When the store opened, the Tampa area
had been particularly hard hit by the effects of the economic downturn and
jobs were being lost. The opening of IKEA and the number of jobs being
created was widely anticipated and reported from the time that store was
announced until several months after the opening. The presence of the IKEA
store is expected to be a catalyst for additional redevelopment in the area.
Manufacturing Facility to Luxury Apartments
The former aluminum can manufacturing plant, located north of Busch Gardens
operated for 36 years then sat unused for six years, after which,
Circle Tampa Ventures entered the brownfields program and completed
voluntary cleanup of the property. Cleanup included removal of 443
tons of contaminated soil and implementation of a restrictive covenant on
the use of groundwater. The new development features upscale three story
townhome apartments, with 360 apartments and 84 townhomes.
In 2004 the property sold for &3.2M
(taxes were $63,000)
In 2007 after cleanup the property sold for $9.2M
(taxes were $129,000)
In 2008 during project construction, the property taxes are $237,000 and 10
new permanent jobs have been created.
In 2010 taxes after project completion, the property taxes generate
$781,725.
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