PROJECT BACKGROUND:

The property operated as a scrap metal business from 1924 to 1944 and an automobile salvage yard from 1944 to

1974. The property was also used as an industrial landfill and for lumber storage. In 2004, Phase I and Phase II

assessments of the property were conducted using $50,000 in EPA Brownfields Assessment Pilot funding from the

City of Wilmington’s Office of Economic Development, which accounted for approximately half of the assessment

costs. The Buccini/Pollin Group (BPG) paid for the remaining assessment costs. The property was contaminated by

industrial fill, which included volatile organic compounds and arsenic in the soil as well as aluminum, arsenic, iron, lead,

and manganese in the ground water.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

· Leveraged $150,000 for cleanup activities and 100 jobs associated

with redevelopment.

· First brownfield redevelopment project on the formerly industrial

south side of Christina River.

· Used City of Wilmington economic incentives including a city property

tax abatement and a city head-tax abatement.

· The architect of the new building, Kling, received the Gold Medal

Award from the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia chapter

for the building’s architecture in 2005.

OUTCOME:

Cleanup activities were paid for by BPG and included the removal of contamination hot spots as well as the installation

of a cap. In 2004, the property received a Certificate of Completion of Remedy Site Closure from the Delaware

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. On February 11, 2005, the grand opening was held for

the new 94,000-square foot headquarters of BPG, a commercial real estate development company that has played a

major role in the revitalization of Wilmington. The lower level of the office building houses E.J. DeSeta, a metal

fabrication operation, which connects to a mezzanine in the shop via a bridge. The upper level houses BPG

headquarters. The building’s design includes the use of metal for the building exterior, and company production

capabilities were used to create many custom-designed building components and furniture.

A Former Brownfield is Now Home

to a Successful Brownfields Developer

brownfields at-a-glance

BUCCINI/POLLIN GROUP HEADQUARTERS

Wilmington, DE

Assessment Grant

EPA-560-F-06-250

October 2006

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 3 at (215) 814-5000

For additional data and geographic

information for this and other

Brownfields Grants, please visit EPA’s:

Envirofacts -

www.epa.gov/enviro/html/bms/

bms_query.html

Enviromapper - www.epa.gov/

enviro/bf

The completed Buccini/Pollin headquarters.

ADDRESS: 322 A Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

PROPERTY SIZE: 8.1 acres

FORMER USES: Scrap metal operation, automobile salvage, lumber storage,

industrial landfill

CURRENT USE: Office space and metal fabrication

EPA GRANT RECIPIENT: PROJECT PARTNERS:

The City of Wilmington received a

$200,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment

Pilot and $200,000 in EPA Brownfields

Showcase Community funding.

Buccini/Pollin Group, Inc., Delaware Economic

Development Office, Delaware Department of

Natural Resources and Environmental Control,

Kling, Riverfront Development Corporation