While changes in state and federal ...

While changes in state and federal environmental regulations have made it easier to redevelop "brownfield" sites, progress to maturity continues to move slowly largely because of their undesirable locations.

"A gigantic percentage of these sites are not in commercially viable locations," said David Kimball, executive vice president with Greenfields progress to maturity a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer specializing in the utilization of contaminated sites. For a brownfield frame to be successful, the right mix of legal, political, environmental and commercial conditions has