EPA GRANT RECIPIENT: PROJECT PARTNERS:

The Utah Department of

Environmental Quality was

awarded a $200,000 EPA

Brownfields Assessment Grant.

Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City,

Housing Authority of Salt Lake City, U.S. Bank,

Enterprise Social Investment Coalition, and

American Express Centurion Bank

PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Located in a largely commercial and light industrial area of Salt Lake City, this 2.57-acre property was once the site of

a tiling company, auto and lumbering operations, and more recently, a wholesale produce company. Though the

surrounding neighborhood had long been unattractive to developers, construction of the 84-unit, Jefferson School

Apartments Phase I complex only a couple of blocks away (part of a redevelopment surge brought on by the city’s

hosting of the 2002 Olympic winter games) led to the property being considered as a second phase of the same

apartment complex—Jefferson School Apartments Phase II. Through funding obtained from partners including U.S.

Bank, the Enterprise Social Investment Coalition, and American Express Centurion Bank, the Housing Authority of Salt

Lake City purchased the property in 2004. That same year, EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant funds were used to

help define the extent of contamination from a 4,000-gallon underground storage tank (UST) discovered during

preliminary construction activities, which included elevated levels of petroleum in the site’s soil and ground water.

Cleanup was completed by March 2005, which included removal of the UST, excavation of the contaminated soils,

and remediation of the property’s ground water.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Leveraged $8,100 from the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City

for cleanup activities.

• Removed a 4,000-gallon underground storage tank, excavated petroleum

contaminated soils, and remediated the site’s ground water.

• Leveraged $5.5 million for redevelopment in the form of a loan

from U.S. Bank.

• Provided much needed affordable housing in Salt Lake City.

OUTCOME:

U.S. Bank’s $5.4 million loan funded construction of an 84-unit, mixed-income apartment complex on the property.

Development began in May 2004 and was completed in March 2006. Already, nearly 90 percent of the apartments

are leased. This second phase of the Jefferson School Apartments includes affordable one- and two-bedroom units, a

courtyard, and amenities that include a pool and an exercise room. The apartments are conveniently accessible to the

light-rail transit line, downtown, and to the University of Utah, providing maximum benefit to working and student

residents.

Engaging Communities in Healthy Living through Revitalization

brownfields at-a-glance

JEFFERSON SCHOOL APARTMENTS PHASE II Utah DEQ

Assessment Grant

EPA-560-F-07-215

June 2007

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit the EPA Brownfields Web site at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/ or call EPA Region 8 at (303) 312-6312

ADDRESS: 1031 South West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

PROPERTY SIZE: 2.57 acres

FORMER USES: Wholesale produce company warehouse and trucking,

a tiling company, and auto and lumbering operations

CURRENT USE: Residential

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

View of the new clubhouse/office

and new apartment buildings.