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 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. …
Local officials are viewing the announcement that Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will include $28 million in the state’s fiscal 2013 budget to invest at the former Fort McPherson as the perfect impetus to accelerate the site’s redevelopment. “No one sees the state as the savior for this, but it can provide the bait to bring in people and business …
A state lawmaker from Carmel, Calif., introduced legislation Wednesday extending the sunset date of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority from 2014 to 2024. The authority is the best mechanism to complete Fort Ord’s conversion to civilian use, an effort that covers cleanup, preservation of natural habitat and redevelopment …
The reuse plan for the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington is one step closer to gaining approval from the city council after the property’s LRA endorsed the plan last month. Redevelopment likely can’t begin for several years, as the Army is not expected to convey the site for at least 15 months …
The first phase of land transfers at the former Fort Monmouth, N.J., is scheduled to be completed within one year, according to the memorandum of agreement reached between the Army and the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority …
The Navy last week transferred 992 acres at the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico via an economic development conveyance. The EDC agreement, reached in December, calls for the Navy to convey a total of 1,370 acres at the 8,700-acre base. In exchange, the commonwealth will pay the Navy $8 million along with 40 percent …
As the Feb. 1 deadline to dissolve California’s 400 redevelopment agencies approaches, local officials are beginning to tally up the bleak consequences. Hundreds of employees will be laid off, ongoing construction projects will be suspended and hundreds of properties may be sold on the market at a loss …
The former Oakland Army Base would be used to expand the Port of Oakland, a plan expected to bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of tax revenue to the city, after the Economic Development Committee of the City Council approved the plan Tuesday. The project would allow importers and exporters to load freight directly from ships onto trains, making the port more efficient …