[CPEO-BIF] Detroit, Michigan FBI construction

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

FBI building contract canceled
New bids will be solicited for Detroit headquarters

Paul Egan
The Detroit News (MI)
January 14, 2008

DETROIT -- Unexpected costs and tighter credit have forced the federal 
government to cancel a $100 million contract it awarded for construction 
of a new Detroit FBI headquarters off the Lodge Freeway.

It's not known how long the project will be delayed, but it's clear the 
FBI's planned occupancy date of April 2009 will be pushed back.

...

The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, which has a financing 
plan to develop the proposed FBI site, expects the federal government to 
request an amendment to the brownfield plan for the site, "based on 
current economic conditions," spokesman Robert Rossbach said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080114/METRO01/801140346

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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