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February 16, 2021 – Demolishing a Five-boiler Power Plant Recycles 80 Tons of Concrete and Masonry
Bierlein hits deadline and budget in a 2.5-year job abating, remediating and demolishing a five-boiler Michigan power plant In April 2016, after 67 years of operation, the Consumers Energy Company closed the B.C. Cobb Power Plant in Muskegon, Michigan, in an effort to...
October 27, 2020 – Forsite Development and DH Griffin are co-developing Mid-South Industrial Park
Forsite Development and DH Griffin are co-developing Mid-South Industrial Park and would like to announce a new tenant within the park Click here to learn more
June 16, 2020 – Buyer of Muskegon coal power plant site to create a port terminal
MUSKEGON, Mich. — The site of the old B.C. Cobb Generating Plant in Muskegon will be developed into a new port terminal by new owner Verplank Dock Co. of Ferrysburg, Mich. “By acquiring this property, we can establish Muskegon as one of the top marine port terminals...
March 20, 2020 – New life for former power plant
Forsite Development said it is nearing the end of its demolition on the old B.C. Cobb power plant site in Muskegon and soon will be turning its attention to redevelopment. Tom McKittrick, CEO and founder of Forsite, said demolition of the plant is effectively...
March 4, 2020- Forsite Development Razes Former Coal Plant in Luna Pier, Prepares for Redevelopment
North Carolina’s Forsite Development has completed the demolition of the former Consumers Energy coal-fired power plant in Luna Pier south of Monroe on Lake Erie and has begun redevelopment. The company says the site is ideal for manufacturing, warehousing, and...
February 18, 2020 – Former B.C. Cobb property nearly cleared, new owner announces
Ferrysburg-based Verplank Dock Co. will become new owner of former B.C. Cobb property after North Carolina-based Forsite finishes clearing the land. MUSKEGON, Mich. — The decommissioning of the former B.C. Cobb Generating Plant in Muskegon is nearly complete. Forsite...
January 14, 2020 – B.C. Cobb Plant demolition completed
The final piece of Muskegon’s former B.C. Cobb Plant has been demolished. North Carolina-based Forsite Development on Saturday morning finished demolition of the former B.C. Cobb power plant, on the M-120 corridor in North Muskegon. The city of Muskegon shared...
November 6, 2019 – B C Cobb Final Trailer
September 5, 2019 – Small blast brings Cobb’s skywalk to the ground
The skywalk connected the closed powerhouse to what’s left of the Cobb’s smokestack. MUSKEGON, Mich. — Some residents in Muskegon and North Muskegon heard what they believed were explosives Thursday morning, and it turns out they were right. Demolition crews working...