[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Walter Reed Hospital (DC) redevelopment proposals

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Walter Reed developers prepare to wow the crowd

By Jonathan O'Connell
Washington Post
July 16, 2013

Walter Reed closed for good in 2011 and neighbors are about to hear a  
lot of ideas about what to do with the property from developers  
Thursday night, which are likely to include proposals for a graduate  
research facility of Georgetown University, an outpost of Children’s  
Hospital and grocery stores including Wegmans and Safeway.

Three competing development teams - Forest City Washington, Roadside  
Development and Hines/Urban Atlantic - are scheduled to present at a  
meeting held by the D.C. government at Tifereth Synagogue on 16th  
Street NW in Shepherd Park.

Because a community’s input often carries a lot of weight with the  
District government in choosing developers for such high-profile  
projects, competitive presentations like the one planned for Thursday  
can become something of a beauty contest, with developers suggesting  
ideas they may not necessarily be able to pull off.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/walter-reed- 
developers-prepare-to-wow-the-crowd/2013/07/16/a56ffbda-ed97-11e2- 
bed3-b9b6fe264871_blog.html

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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
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