FORD EARNS AWARD FOR TURNING BROWNFIELD GREEN



FORD EARNS AWARD FOR TURNING BROWNFIELD GREEN

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|ALLEN PARK, Mich., May 6, 2008 – Ford Motor Company's Fairlane Green retail and recreational development, today received the national Phoenix |

|Award for excellence in brownfield development. |

|The Phoenix Award recognizes projects that remediate environmentally challenged sites while stimulating economic development. |

|"It is an honor to receive the Phoenix Award for Fairlane Green," said Sean McCourt, Ford Land chairman. "This project demonstrates how |

|responsible developments can yield corporate, community and environmental benefits." |

|The award was presented at the National Brownfields Conference held May 5-7 in Detroit. The conference is hosted by the Environmental Protection |

|Agency and the International City/County Management Association. |

|Fairlane Green is a 243-acre retail and recreational center built over the Ford Motor Company-owned Allen Park Clay Mine Landfill. |

|Since 2002, Ford Land, the company's real estate arm, has been working to transform the once idle landfill into a sustainable new development |

|that provides social and economic benefit to the community in an environmentally responsible manner. |

|Sustainability |

|Sustainability is at the heart of Fairlane Green.  The development not only reuses the landfill property, it preserves more land than it |

|develops. In all, nearly two-thirds of the site will be natural green space, including prairie fields, ponds, trails and a future 43-acre park |

|surrounding one million square feet of shops and restaurants. |

|Furthermore, the buildings on the site feature the latest in green design and construction. Fairlane Green Phase I is the first multi-tenant |

|retail development to earn gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. |

|Environmental characteristics include high efficiency, CFC-free heating and cooling equipment, white reflective roofing, low-emitting materials, |

|water-efficient plumbing fixtures, recycled and locally sourced building materials, windows and skylights, and a cistern to capture and re-use |

|rain water. |

|More visible examples of the site's environmental mission include large prairie fields and extensive native landscaping in parking lots, |

|entryways, along store fronts and up the sides of buildings. Native plants require less irrigation and fertilizer while providing wildlife |

|habitat. Additionally, rock gardens and landscaped swales cleanse and slow the flow of stormwater, which is captured in several large ponds. |

|Fairlane Green's wide paved trails wind through prairies, along the ponds and through the mature woods bordering the site. Plans for the 43-acre |

|park are underway and may include sledding, playscapes and nature study. |

|Innovation |

|Fairlane Green features a number of innovative firsts that set it apart from traditional retail and brownfield developments including: |

|It is the country's largest retail development built on a landfill and the largest landfill redevelopment in the state of Michigan.  |

|It is the first development in Michigan to use a three-dimensional legal description to separate the landfill from the surface development. This |

|allows Ford to retain landfill ownership and responsibility while selling the surface to owners and developers. |

|In 2002, it received what was at the time the largest Tax Increment Financing (TIF) package ever offered by the state. The TIF covers |

|brownfield-related development costs – measures to reduce settlement, protect the landfill cap, reinforce slopes and construct utilities. |

|Fairlane Green is one of the first vertical construction projects built on Styrofoam-like blocks called geofoam. Traditionally used in bridge |

|construction, geofoam's light weight reduces the potential for future settlement. |

|The City of Allen Park, Wayne County and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) provided supportfor the development. |

|Retailers include Target, Meijer, The Home Depot, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Michael's, Old Navy and Pier 1 Imports among others. |

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