Commercial Development Company Inc.,
the St. Louis land-recycler that bought the closed-down Evraz Steel property
just south of the Pennsylvania state line along the Delaware River near the
I-95/495 split last year, has been circulating plans to replace the 420-acre
industrial site (first developed by Standard Oil baron John Rockefeller's
Colorado Coal & Iron Co. more than 100 years ago) with an industrial port,
warehouse, factory and office complex, through New Castle lobbyist Robert Byrd.
Plans call for a three-building office complex plus
parking decks north of the mill complex; warehouses, factories and related
office space on the mill site; an improved Claymont train and bus station on
the Septa line that cuts through the property; improved roads and ramps; and,
most notably, a thousand-foot industrial port, plus port warehouses, a ship
repair dry-dock and a public-safety boat station -- but no public marine
recreation -- along the Delaware River waterfront: which may require some
dredging.
The whole complex is conveniently close to the Sunoco
Logistics gas and industrial complex at the former Sun Oil refinery in
neighboring Marcus Hook. See plans for the Claymont steel mill
redevelopment and port here.
Source: Philly.com
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