2010 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:02:08 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Alameda (CA) dumps developer for former Alameda Naval Air Station
 
Alameda dumps developer for ex-Navy base

Carolyn Jones
San Francisco Chronicle
July 21, 2010

ALAMEDA -- Alameda scrapped its contract with a developer early today to bring thousands of homes and offices to the former Navy base, sending the sprawling project back to the drawing board 14 years after the military left.

The City Council voted 4-0, with one abstention, to sever its four-year relationship with SunCal Cos. of Irvine (Orange County), which had planned to build 4,800 homes, a 60-acre sports complex, offices, parks, schools and a ferry terminal at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, which covers one-third of the island city.

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The council cited concerns about traffic, SunCal's financial stability and possible loopholes in the contract as their primary reasons for terminating the deal.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/21/BASJ1EHN6R.DTL&type=printable

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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