Developers turn to brownfields with expert environmental teams

Bisnow has published an interview-based article on how developers can successfully redevelop contaminated brownfield sites by assembling the right environmental consulting and legal team, featuring Roux Vice President Frank Cherena and Troutman Pepper Locke partner Elizabeth Mack.

• Brownfield redevelopment is presented as a solution to land scarcity for affordable housing, data centers, and healthcare facilities, with experts emphasizing early involvement of environmental consultants and environmental lawyers to manage contamination, regulatory issues, and transaction risks.
• The article highlights Roux as an environmental consulting and management firm providing advisory, regulatory, and field services, and notes that Elizabeth Mack, Dallas office managing partner at Troutman Pepper Locke, serves as national environmental counsel to developers, offering insight into environmental issues affecting contaminated property redevelopment across the U.S.