[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Walter Reed (DC) re-developer selected

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Team led by Hines Interests named master developer of 67-acre Walter Reed campus

By Jonathan O'Connell
Washington Post
November 5, 2013

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) and his economic development team have selected a group led by Hines Interests, of Houston, to oversee efforts to transform the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington into a 3 million-square-foot town center project.

The choice ends a months-long competition between Hines and two other finalists to be named master developer of the site. All parties have been working to curry favor with residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the former hospital, which closed in 2011 and where the D.C. government is moving to acquire nearly 67 acres.

With a proposal called “The Parks at Walter Reed,” Hines and partners Urban Atlantic and Triden Development won the endorsement of both community groups and Victor Hoskins, deputy mayor for planning and economic development, who said Hines offered the District the best deal and a vision that most coincided with its own.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/team-led-by-hines-interests-named-master-developer-of-67-acre-walter-reed-campus/2013/11/05/bbefc934-45c7-11e3-bf0c-cebf37c6f484_story.html

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Lenny Siegel
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