[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, PRESERVATION: Developer wants in at Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Developer would restore, lease out Hangar One

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
February 17, 2010

A major Emeryville-based real estate developer is proposing to restore 
Moffett Field's historic Hangar One, which — if the government allows it 
— could save the landmark building after its toxic siding is removed in 
November.

Eddie Orton, president of [www.ortondevelopment.com Orton Development], 
says he has a "realistic" plan to restore the NASA-owned hangar, which 
has sat vacant for years after toxic dust from its asbestos-laden siding 
was found inside.

"We are a really successful company and we don't need the money," Orton 
said. "We do honor that building. It deserves a certain respect from all 
of us. It is an extraordinary asset — we can either destroy it or we can 
use it."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=2528

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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