OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford
City of Dunkirk officials, from left, Code Enforcement Officer Glenn Christner, Mayor Wilfred Rosas, and Dunkirk Local Development Corporation Chairman Vince DeJoy stand on the old Marsh Valve property on Brigham Road in Dunkirk. The DLDC is marketing the site for housing development.
The Marsh Valve factory site on Brigham Road is the Dunkirk Local Development Corporation’s latest marketing focus.
The DLDC has put out a Request for Proposals (RFP) for development of housing on the site. Proposals are due Dec. 1. The RFP is available on the city of Dunkirk website.
“We’ve had a lot of inquiries and interest in the site,” said Vince DeJoy, the DLDC chairman who is also city planning and development director. “We’re going to put it out there to see what type of proposals we get. We may not get anything that’s suitable or financially feasible… but Dunkirk has been looking for more housing.”
He added, “We hear in many public input meetings that patio homes for seniors who are looking to downsize and age in place, would be something that would be popular here. We feel this is a good site, it’s in a solid neighborhood, we have park space across the street.”
Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas said the site “seems to be getting more attention now that the Downtown Revitalization Initiative plans are coming into play. We’re excited about it, there’s a lot of potential here.”
DeJoy reiterated that developers have contacted him recently to express interest in purchasing the site.
According to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation records, the Marsh Valve building was demolished in 2002, and underground tanks and contaminated soil were removed. The DEC had declared it a hazardous waste site and the actions were taken in response to that. The site was classified as safe in 2003.
The owner filed for bankruptcy in 1991 and went out of business in 1994, with the building sitting unused after that.
Marsh Valve erected the building in 1941, after occupying the property since the early 1920s. It was a foundry to manufacture brass fittings and valves.
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