Marine Corps Plans to Expand Use of Partnership Authority following Early Success
- Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 12, 2017
The federal government recently signed a record of decision for 528 acres at the former McClellan AFB near Sacramento, Calif., marking one of the last major milestones in the installation’s cleanup 17 years after it was shuttered. The Air Force transferred the property five years ago under an early transfer with privatized cleanup, mean the
READ MOREWashington County has agreed to sell the remaining 528 acres at the former Fort Ritchie in central Maryland to South Korean investment group Issac Holdings for $6 million. The county gave JG Business Link International, the master developer it hired two years ago, the site’s other 63 acres last year to jump start development. JGBLI,
READ MOREWith long-standing questions remaining about the condition of the Pentagon’s vast real estate portfolio and whether it has adequate resources to sustain it going forward, the Senate Armed Services Committee directs the department to provide a report on various aspects of its installation management activities, including how it targets maintenance funds to the highest -priority
READ MOREA wide-ranging White House plan to reorganize the federal government released last week largely leaves the Pentagon untouched, but it includes several recommendations to shrink the federal real property footprint. The plan improves incentives for agencies to divest of unneeded assets, establishes a new budgetary mechanism for capital projects and outlines better leasing practices, reports
READ MOREWith the prospect of a new BRAC round seemingly off the table for the time being, Congress should offer the Pentagon some authority to divest unneeded property, according to a commentary in Defense One by two officials from Business Executives for National Security. A relaxing of restrictions on the DOD’s ability to transfer real estate
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