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12 <br />DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT <br />PROPERTY DISPOSITIONS (cont.) <br />• Addressing Homelessness with the New Day Intake Center <br /> The South Bend Redevelopment Commission sold approximately seven acres at 4022 Old Cleveland <br />Road for the New Day Intake Center. The property is the future site of a 110-bed low-barrier intake <br />center, which has been a long-term goal of the City as an approach to addressing homelessness in South <br />Bend and providing unhoused residents access to a warm bed and meal, as well as an opportunity <br />to access services provided throughout our community. The private investment commitment for this <br />project is $10 million. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION <br />• Drewrys Brewery (Portage and Elwood) <br /> AŌ er acquiring the Drewrys Brewery site in 2023, the City conƟ nues to make progress in transforming <br />the decades-long blighted site into a shovel-ready parcel prime for development. Following demoli Ɵ on <br />and remediaƟ on eff orts on the old Drewrys property, City acƟ vity in 2025 included performing <br />soil sampling and preparing for future phases of environmental remediaƟ on and fi nal demoliƟ on, <br />which is scheduled for early 2026. The City also acquired the vacant shopping center in 2024 <br />and old service staƟ on near Drewrys last year. The City received a grant from the Indiana Finance <br />Authority’s Petroleum Orphan Site IniƟ aƟ ve to remove an underground storage tank on the site of <br />the service staƟ on. The Drewerys and Portage-Elwood redevelopment is supported by an Indiana <br />Finance Authority’s Residental Infrastructure Loan as well as a grant through the Indiana Economic <br />Development Council’s READI 2.0 Blight program. <br />• South Bend Range (133 Cherry Street) <br /> The City acquired the former South Bend Range factory in early 2025. The long-neglected property <br />posed a safety and health risk to nearby residents. In partnership with the Michiana Area Council of <br />Governments (MACOG), the City is idenƟ fying the extent of contaminaƟ on on-site and at neighboring <br />properƟ es, examining both soil gas and groundwater. In 2025, the City worked to clear the site and <br />prepare it for demoliƟ on in early 2026.