Lessons In Military Base Reuse

Can Irvine, CA learn from the Bay Area's military base reuse efforts -- using the same developer?

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March 22, 2005, 7:00 AM PST

"There's a lesson here amid the rusting cranes and vacant warehouses of Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the 152-year-old military base that once dominated this bay-front Northern California city: Nothing happens fast on a closed Navy base.

It's a lesson that Irvine, some 400 miles south, will learn as it begins development of the former El Toro Marine base, anchored in the heart of Orange County."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: In Vallejo, a Lesson in Converting El Toro

Monday, March 21, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

Community / Economic Development United States

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