Development on the Buckley Annex at the former Lowry AFB in Denver is slated to begin this fall with demolition work. The reuse plan for the 70-acre site, closed following BRAC 2005, calls for 800 residences, up to 200,000 square feet of commercial office and retail space, and a 4.5-acre community park …
The California Assembly passed a bill Monday that would give local governments the ability to use redevelopment funds for affordable housing, but not for other needs such as redevelopment. The measure comes after the legislature dissolved the state’s 400 redevelopment agencies last year. That legislation, pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown, was intended to balance the state’s budget …
Over the next six months, the Air Force plans to return 3,533 acres at the former Mather Air Force Base to Sacramento County, including the airport, a regional park and a wetland preserve. Last month, the Air Force and regulatory authorities deemed all property at Mather “suitable for transfer …
The city of Alameda is considering acting as its own master developer for the former Naval Air Station Alameda, an approach that would require it to finance the entitlement process for the 918-acre site. Securing entitlements is expected to cost $5 million, but would provide the city greater control over the future of the property on San Francisco Bay and spark competition among potential developers …
Two years after it began work on a blueprint for redeveloping the former Naval Air Station Willow Grove, the Horsham LRA on Wednesday approved a mix of housing, retail and open space for the 900-acre site located outside of Philadelphia. For local residents, perhaps the most important element of the plan is what it doesn’t call for — preserving the airfield for a commercial airport …
The TexAmericas Center, the local redevelopment authority for the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and realigned portions of Red River Army Depot in northeastern Texas, seeks a vice president of public and business engagement …
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority is the target of a lawsuit alleging the organization failed to properly account for a federal grant dedicated to clearing munitions and explosives from 3,340 acres at the former post located in Monterey, Calif. The suit filed by open space advocates Keep Fort Ord Wild under the state Public Records Act asks the court to force the LRA to release documents related to $97.7 million it received from the Army under an environmental services cooperative agreement …
The FAA is encouraging joint use or former military general aviation airports to apply for the Military Airport Program, following new legislation designating additional slots for general aviation airports. Applications for the FY 2012 program, originally announced in the Sept. 22, 2011, Federal Register, were due last year, but the FAA will now consider new applications from eligible general aviation airports until April 16 …
The McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority Tuesday selected the team of Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, and Atlanta-based Cousins Properties and Integral Group LLC to lead the redevelopment of the former Fort McPherson, located four miles southwest of Atlanta. The winning team beat out a proposal from Atlanta developers Carter and H.J. Russell & Co. …
It’s probably not much of a consolation now, but allowing the Defense Department to rely on the BRAC process to pare its infrastructure will be a lot better for communities that ultimately suffer a closure or significant realignment, according to one of the arguments Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, used Thursday to sell DOD’s request for two additional BRAC rounds to the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee …