Our Thoughts On The Market
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Pittsburgh’s New Shared Defense Facility Highlights the Value of Bringing Contractors Together
A planned 11,000-square-foot shared secure facility at Pittsburgh's Mill 19 and the established Redstone Gateway office park in Huntsville show two ways real estate can help defense companies reach classified work, their government customers and each other.
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NAVWAR Redevelopment Update: Manchester Confirms Housing Commitment Following Data Center Backlash
After last week's data center news, Manchester Financial Group says housing will be a major part of the NAVWAR project. Alongside a unanimous committee vote advancing Midway Rising, the two proposals point to a significant shift in the Midway-Pacific Highway area.
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A New Twist at NAVWAR: A Potential Data Center Raises Bigger Questions
A 400-megawatt data center has surfaced as a possible use at the NAVWAR site, in place of the housing, hotels and retail previously associated with the project. Nothing has been approved, but the questions it raises about power, permitting and federal land are worth following.
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NAVWAR Redevelopment Update: Navy Sets 2027 Target for Next Environmental Review
The Navy says it anticipates publishing a Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement in 2027 for the 70.3-acre Old Town Campus. It is the first concrete milestone in the process in more than two years, and it gives contractors weighing a lease near the campus something firmer to plan around.
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Bidding on a Defense Contract? Have Your Real Estate Plan Ready
Contractors plan staffing, technical capability and pricing in detail before a bid, but where the team will work if they win is often left until after the award. Addressing it during the proposal stage can close a timing gap and support the government's assessment of your readiness to perform.
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The Pentagon is bringing the SCIF to the contractor
A new Department of War program will field roughly 50 mobile SCIFs around the country. For defense companies priced out of classified work by the cost of building their own secure space, it could change the calculus on what kind of office to lease.
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