An agreement on the transfer of the former Fort Monmouth to the property’s LRA could be reached next month, according to Executive Director Bruce Steadman. The Army and the LRA have been close to an agreement for several months, though, so it is possible the latest target may have to be pushed back …
The Horsham LRA and the city council endorsed a walkable town center and a balance of other uses as key ingredients in the reuse plan for the former Naval Air Station Willow Grove during a public meeting Wednesday. The other elements will include housing, an office park, a hotel and conference center, open space and, possibly, an indoor regional sports complex …
Town councilors in Weymouth, Mass., are asking why the LRA for the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station has agreed to pay the Navy an estimated $25 million for a 700-acre EDC when the city of Alameda will be obtaining a 900-acre EDC at no cost at the former Naval Air Station Alameda. “If it’s good enough for Alameda, it should be good enough for us …
The agreement the Navy and the city of Alameda struck last month over the terms of the transfer of a 918-acre parcel at the former Naval Air Station Alameda was the direct result of the city’s decision to return to the base’s original reuse plan, one that emphasized job growth over housing …
Two new tenants will be moving into the former Riverbank AAP shortly, giving the northern California redevelopment project more than two dozen tenants. Denver-based Repsco, which uses recycled plastics to make shipping materials, plans to start operations with 10 workers early next year …
A raft of factors explains why the city of Irvine’s vision for transforming former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Southern California is still years from fruition, according to a story in the Orange County Register. For starters, officials’ claims that elements of the Orange County Great Park would be completed within several years were not realistic …
The city of Mesa, Ariz., is moving ahead with its vision for turning the former Air Force Research Laboratory into a science and technology research center, rebranding the facility as the Arizona Laboratories for Security and Defense Research and hiring a McLean, Va.-based contractor to manage and promote it …
A four-square block area containing World War II-era Army barracks buildings at the former Fort Chaffee in western Arkansas has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority said last week. The Camp Chaffee Tank Destroyer Battalion District is best known for housing the Barbershop Museum where Elvis Presley received his famous Army buzz cut in 1958 …
Excess property at the Pueblo Chemical Depot will be disposed of according to the BRAC process the Army confirmed this week, bringing certainty to an issue that had left community leaders increasingly anxious in recent years. The site’s status had come into question after the Pueblo Depot Activity Development Authority received mixed signals from the Army …
The Army last week conveyed 2,850 acres at Red River Army Depot to TexAmericas Center in northeastern Texas, allowing the LRA for the depot and the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant to gain ownership over the bulk of excess property generated by BRAC 2005 at the two sites. In all, TexAmericas Center has obtained 11,724 acres from the Army via an economic development conveyance …