Property Details for Former Casa Blanca Hotel

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Profile Information
Property Location
Property Progress
CAs Associated with this Property
Assessment Activities at this Property
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment
Contaminants and Media
Cleanup Activities
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup
Institutional & Engineering Controls
Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments
Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment
Additional Property Attributes

Legal Notices

Profile Information

Property Alias

Casa Blanca Hotel

Property Owner

Private

ACRES Property ID

136143

Property Address

1362 East Hall Street Idlewild, MI 49642

Size

Parcel Numbers

43-15-113-015-01

Latitude/Longitude

43.89760 / -85.77490

Congressional District

Property Contact

Baumann, Alan

Baumann.Alan@epamail.epa.gov

312-886-3058

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Property Location

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Property Progress

Assessment

Clean Up

Institutional Controls in Place

Engineering Controls in Place

Ready for Anticipated Use

Redevelopment Underway

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CAs Associated with this Property

CA Name	CA #	State	Type	Announcement Year
Lake County	BF00E96101	MI	Assessment	2009
Michigan Dept of Environment Great Lakes & Energy	4B00E03214	MI	Assessment	2022

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Assessment Activities at this Property

Activity	EPA Funding	Start Date	Completion Date	CA	Accomplishment Counted?	Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$2,500.00	12/01/2010	06/20/2011	Lake County	Y	FY12
Phase I Environmental Assessment	$4,755.00	02/14/2024	04/17/2024	Michigan Dept of Environment Great Lakes & Energy
Phase II Environmental Assessment	$9,011.00	07/01/2011	08/26/2011	Lake County	N
Supplemental Assessment	$8,963.17	04/17/2024	09/04/2024	Michigan Dept of Environment Great Lakes & Energy

Is Cleanup Necessary? No
EPA Assessment Funding: $25,229.17
Leveraged Funding:
Total Funding: $25,229.17

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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N/A	This property does not incorporate planning or assessment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.

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Contaminants and Media

Contaminant Found

Remediating Action for Contaminants

Media Affected

Unknown

Remediating Action for Media

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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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N/A	This property does not incorporate demolition or cleanup activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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N/A	This property does not incorporate redevelopment activities to address impacts from extreme weather events and natural disasters. If no activities were incorporated, select this option.

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Additional Property Attributes

Property Highlights

Former Use: The subject property consisted of undeveloped, vegetated land from at least 1938 until the existing hotel building was constructed between 1949 and 1950. The Casa Blanca Hotel opened for business in 1950 and operated for approximately 20 years as a hotel, banquet center, and meeting place. The subject property was utilized as a doctor?s office and residence for a period in the 1980s prior to being vacated. The subject property was owned by the State of Michigan from at least 1998 through 2000 when it was sold to Saundra Joubert. Mr. John Meeks purchased the subject property in 2002 and the property has been vacant since that time.
First Neighbor, Ida Short and Betti Jean Wiggins purchased the property in 2021 and conducted a BEA. Asbestos survey and tank removal of abandoned heating oil tank removed.

Predominant Past Usage

Commercial (1)

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State and Tribal Program Information

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