[CPEO-IRF] Developers eye Ft. Monroe (VA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Developers' interest in Fort Monroe is high
Hampton flooded with ideas about base

BY ANDREW PETKOFSKY
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (VA)
December 12, 2005


As the U.S. Army prepares to move out of Fort Monroe in Hampton, 
developers are jockeying to move in.

Mayor Ross Kearney says companies already have barraged city officials 
with ideas for redeveloping the historic, 500-acre fort that has been 
marked for closure by federal officials.

"We've gone beyond nibbles," Kearney said. "We've had shark attacks."

But Hampton, which hopes to play a central role in shaping the future of 
a scenic, waterfront property that has been a military installation 
since before the Civil War, isn't ready to court any specific commercial 
proposals.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128768666004&path=!news&s=1045855934842

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Lenny Siegel
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