As we’ve reported in numerous postings throughout the past year (click on “BRAC” in the “Categories” to the right), the Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) process has led to the closure of more than 350 military…
Author: Kurt Stout
The Last Island Prison: McNeil Island, Washington
“Paradise is an island. So is hell,” said German author Judith Schalansky in the introduction to Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will. Today we begin a new…
“Sitting on Our Assets” in Miami
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) took his ongoing “Sitting on Our Assets” campaign to Florida this week (Monday, August 6), holding a hearing at the long-vacant David W. Dyer Federal Building…
Yet Another GSA Conference Scandal Hearing
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held yet another GSA oversight hearing yesterday (Wednesday, August 1), titled “GSA: A Review of Agency Mismanagement and Wasteful Spending—Part 2.” Following on the tails of the April House…
So, You Want to Invest in GSA-Leased Properties?
We are often asked to talk about the GSA-leased inventory and we enjoy doing it. In particular, investors and lenders challenge us to help them understand the true breadth of the GSA-leased property portfolio. How big…
Looking Back on BRAC: Aberdeen Proving Ground
View Larger Map As we’ve reported in numerous postings throughout the past year (click on “BRAC” in the “Categories” to the right), the Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) process has led to the closure of more…
July Heat in Washington
This July is on pace to be not only the hottest month in U.S. history but also the hottest month in the ever-simmering feud between GSA and the House committee that oversees that agency. Perhaps it…
Will Sequestration = 2.14 Million Lost Jobs?
As the threat of sequestration looms ever larger, the results of a new study released this week (on Tuesday, July 17) by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) indicate that more than 2.14 million U.S. jobs—including about…
Southwest DC Ecodistrict Planned
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has big plans for the smallest of the District of Columbia’s four quadrants. A preliminary plan released last week (July 12) for a 110-acre, 15-block section of Southwest Washington that is…
Looking Back on BRAC: Fort Belvoir, Springfield, Virginia
As we’ve reported in numerous postings throughout the past year (click on “BRAC” in the “Categories” to the right), the Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) process has led to the closure of more than 350 military…