[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Massive housing development plans for Concord Naval Weapons Station ..." CA

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Massive housing development plans for Concord Naval Weapons Station clears latest hurdle
Concord is expected to acquire about 2,422 acres of land from the U.S. Navy, with plans over the next 30 years to add new housing, businesses, community centers, and other needed infrastructure.

By SIERRA LOPEZ
Bay Area News Group
May 28, 2026

CONCORD — The Concord Naval Weapons Station has sat abandoned for decades. City officials just agreed to a deal that would move forward development of the site.

Concord is expected to acquire about 2,422 acres of land from the U.S. Navy, with plans over the next 30 years to add new housing, businesses, community centers, and other needed infrastructure.

In exchange, the Navy could receive about $628 million over that 30-year period, paid in large part by Brookfield Properties, the master developer behind the project, state and federal grants, and city loans, which Brookfield will repay to the city.

Another roughly 2,600 acres has been or will be given to the East Bay Regional Parks District and Contra Costa County for open space and public benefit at no cost. Those details were set out in a term sheet unanimously approved by the City Council on Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/05/27/massive-housing-development-plans-for-concord-naval-weapons-station-clears-latest-hurdle/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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