Harbor Beach Development LLC, a subsidiary of Commercial Liability Partners (CLP), purchased of DTE’s retired coal-fired power plant located in Harbor Beach, Michigan. The St. Louis, Missouri-based CLP has completed its efforts on executing its plan for demolition and remediation of the site with the goal of repurposing the property for future development. The plant was retired for use in 2013.

DTE transferred ownership of the 85-acre Harbor Beach, Michigan power plant site to Commercial Liability Partners. Funds from the sale were be held in escrow and released as facility demolition and remediation milestones were completed.

CLP has addressed all environmental needs of the site, including remediation, groundwater monitoring, abatement, decommissioning and demolition of the facility. weeks, CLP has come to terms with a new developer for the 85-acre site.

“We are excited about the partnership with DTE Energy and the successful completion and redevelopment of the project”, said Ron Froh, CEO and president of CLP. We were happy that we minimized disturbance to the local community and have found an enduser.”

Commercial Liability Partners is an industry leader in redeveloping underused, challenged and unique properties. They have a strong track record of working effectively with local and regional economic development professionals to transform closed power plants like Harbor Beach into useful and productive sites. Over the past 7 years, the company has managed cleanup of more than 20 similar properties in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Conneticut and West Virginia.

Established in 1968, Harbor Beach Power Plant is a 121 MW coal-fired power station originally owned and operated by DTE Energy near Harbor Beach, Michigan.

Former DTE Harbor Beach Power Plant