[CPEO-IRF] "Perils of converting old bases "

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perils of converting old bases 

Chip Johnson
San Francisco Chronicle
November 11, 2005 


>From one side of San Francisco Bay to the other, the redevelopment of
decommissioned military bases promises to change the landscape -- and
the skyline -- of the entire region. 

Ambitious housing proposals are slated for former bases in Concord, and
on Treasure Island, where San Francisco city officials earlier this week
unveiled a plan to erect a 40-story residential tower under a plan to
build some 5,500 housing units on the old Naval base. 

Things are much further along in Alameda and on Mare Island in Vallejo,
where businesses fill some of the giant warehouses on the former bases
and nearly 3,200 units of housing are planned. 

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/11/BAGLPFM86J1.DTL&hw=Lennar&sn=001&sc=1000

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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