Posts Tagged ‘local redevelopment authority’

A ceremony last week at the former Charles Kelly Support Facility outside of Pittsburgh kicked off demolition of 10 dilapidated Army office buildings and barracks at the future site of a park for Collier Township. Reuse planning for the support facility started after it was designated for closure during the 2005 round of base closures. The township obtained 72 acres of the site for the park. A $150,000 grant from Allegheny County is covering much of the cost of demolition. Construction of a multipurpose field, tennis courts, dek hockey rink and playground is scheduled to begin after the demolition is complete, reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Most of the funds from a $6 million bond issuance will go toward the project.

A bill approved by the New Hampshire Senate extending by 30 years the period during which the LRA for the former Pease Air Force Base maintains control over land use of the property is sparking opposition from the base’s host communities. The bill would push back the date for transferring regulatory authority over much of the property at Pease International Tradeport to the communities from Jan. 1, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2050 …

Redevelopment efforts at Treasure Island and Hunters Point Shipyard still will be managed by the city, San Francisco officials announced in the wake of last year’s law eliminating California’s 400 redevelopment agencies. After the city shuttered the successor to its redevelopment agency March 30, officials working on those projects were transferred to several offices, including the city administrator’s office, the mayor’s office of housing and the Port of San Francisco …

Voters in two of the three towns with veto power over zoning changes at Devens defeated a plan to convert a barracks complex into affordable housing for military veterans and the elderly, leaving the future of historic Vicksburg Square up in the air. Under the law that governs the redevelopment at the former Fort Devens in eastern Massachusetts, a no vote by any one of the three towns — Ayer, Harvard or Shirley — is sufficient to overturn zoning changes …

After years of delays, construction at SouthField, the reuse project at the former NAS South Weymouth, is under way and the first residents have moved in. Ten tenants have moved into an apartment complex and 24 residents have moved into single-family homes in the project’s first neighborhood, SouthField Highlands …

The local redevelopment authorities for the former Norton and George Air Force bases in San Bernardino County, Calif., plan to ask a state court for injunctions exempting them from last year’s law eliminating the state’s 400 redevelopment agencies. The Inland Valley Development Agency, the LRA for Norton AFB, will argue that it was not established under the same legislation that allows local governments to create municipal redevelopment agencies …

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 …

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 …