Developer Jeffrey Cohen estimates the whole Eagle Mill redevelopment would encompass between 250,000 to 300,000 square feet of commercial and residential space.
The Eagle Mill project could trigger a MassWorks grant that would allow the upgrade of the water system on Main Street in Lee that is currently inadequate.
“There is a chronic risk to current postal workers exposed to basement air at the [Great Barrington] Post Office due to naphthalene, PCE and TCE” left from the adjacent Ried Cleaners, an environmental consultant concluded.
“You lose the culture, lose the history...but maybe we say to hell with that and clear the whole site — we have six acres on the water in a nice area of town.”
--- Renaissance Mill LLC developer, Jeffrey Cohen
"We were a paper making town. It was our bread and butter. Now it’s gone. There’s nothing we can do about it. We’d like to see something useful here instead.”
-- Lee Selectman David Consolati
