A 42-acre former tire factory. Part of the riverfront redevelopment plans, but heavy contamination of the site has prevented development. West of the MacArthur Bridge and Belle Isle.

A $20M cleanup was announced September 2 2011. The first portion is expected to take 18 months to remediate the western third of the area. MichCon, Michelin, and other companies will be contributing. George Jackson, president of the DEGC, helped organize those agreements.

Jerome Bettis is looking to build mixed-use projects on the site.

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy expects to start extending the RiverWalk across the site in Spring 2012, which will finish the link from Downtown to Belle Isle.

As of October 2011, cleanup on the site had begun. FlyByDon posted aerial photos on DetroitYES!.

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