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Dick Corporation And Hunt Development Group Awarded $50 Million Enhance Use Lease Contract - Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland
June 18, 2007
For more information contact:
Norman Fornella (412) 384-1158
Executive Vice President
Dick Corporation
Stephanie Sierra (915) 533-1122
Public Relations and Corporate Communication Manager
Hunt Administrative Services, LLC
June 12, 2007
DICK CORPORATION AND HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP AWARDED $50 MILLION ENHANCE USE LEASE CONTRACT -
FORT DETRICK, FREDERICK, MARYLAND
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – A joint venture between Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group announced today the team known as Detrick Properties, LLC has been awarded a $50 million contract by the U.S. Army. The award of the Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) contract is for the transformation of 24 acres of the Bio-Defense Campus into a thriving new hotel / conference facility and administrative office complex and a retail center.
The project involves the ground lease of approximately 24 acres of land at Fort Detrick. The proposed development includes a diverse mix of Class A office, technology and research space, retail, and hotel/conference space. Additional features include a significant amount of green space in a park-like campus setting with water features, well-lit parking, and pedestrian pathways for interconnectivity between on- and off-post facilities.
Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group are supported by the Landings Real Estate Group providing development and management services; the design team of The Lessard Group, a Virginia-based architect; and engineering firm Greenehorne & O’Mara with hospitality operator SODEXO. Both Dick and Hunt have extensive privatization and military construction experience for the Air Force, Navy and Army on other housing, EUL developments, and local commercial development and construction in the retail, hospitality, and office sectors. The supporting engineers and architects also have extensive experience with local commercial construction and have provided services at Fort Detrick.
Dick Corporation was founded in 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a nationally recognized construction, construction management, design-build and environmental services firm that ranks as one of the nation’s top 60 contractors. The company offers services in the commercial and institutional building, industrial and transportation markets and is supported regionally through offices in Cleveland, Jacksonville, Altamonte Springs, Phoenix, Hawaii and Guam.
Hunt Development Group, LP is an affiliate of Hunt Building Corporation. Founded in 1947, Hunt Building Corporation and its affiliated companies provide a full range of development, design, construction, investment, and asset/property management services. The companies have been headquartered in El Paso and operated by the Hunt family for four generations. Other Hunt affiliated companies are Hunt Building Company, Hunt Communities, HBC Property Managers, Hunt NR, and Hunt Administrative Services.
For more information on Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group visit their websites at www.dickcorp.com. and www.huntcompanies.com.
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Norman Fornella (412) 384-1158
Executive Vice President
Dick Corporation
Stephanie Sierra (915) 533-1122
Public Relations and Corporate Communication Manager
Hunt Administrative Services, LLC
June 12, 2007
DICK CORPORATION AND HUNT DEVELOPMENT GROUP AWARDED $50 MILLION ENHANCE USE LEASE CONTRACT -
FORT DETRICK, FREDERICK, MARYLAND
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – A joint venture between Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group announced today the team known as Detrick Properties, LLC has been awarded a $50 million contract by the U.S. Army. The award of the Enhanced Use Leasing (EUL) contract is for the transformation of 24 acres of the Bio-Defense Campus into a thriving new hotel / conference facility and administrative office complex and a retail center.
The project involves the ground lease of approximately 24 acres of land at Fort Detrick. The proposed development includes a diverse mix of Class A office, technology and research space, retail, and hotel/conference space. Additional features include a significant amount of green space in a park-like campus setting with water features, well-lit parking, and pedestrian pathways for interconnectivity between on- and off-post facilities.
Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group are supported by the Landings Real Estate Group providing development and management services; the design team of The Lessard Group, a Virginia-based architect; and engineering firm Greenehorne & O’Mara with hospitality operator SODEXO. Both Dick and Hunt have extensive privatization and military construction experience for the Air Force, Navy and Army on other housing, EUL developments, and local commercial development and construction in the retail, hospitality, and office sectors. The supporting engineers and architects also have extensive experience with local commercial construction and have provided services at Fort Detrick.
Dick Corporation was founded in 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a nationally recognized construction, construction management, design-build and environmental services firm that ranks as one of the nation’s top 60 contractors. The company offers services in the commercial and institutional building, industrial and transportation markets and is supported regionally through offices in Cleveland, Jacksonville, Altamonte Springs, Phoenix, Hawaii and Guam.
Hunt Development Group, LP is an affiliate of Hunt Building Corporation. Founded in 1947, Hunt Building Corporation and its affiliated companies provide a full range of development, design, construction, investment, and asset/property management services. The companies have been headquartered in El Paso and operated by the Hunt family for four generations. Other Hunt affiliated companies are Hunt Building Company, Hunt Communities, HBC Property Managers, Hunt NR, and Hunt Administrative Services.
For more information on Dick Corporation and Hunt Development Group visit their websites at www.dickcorp.com. and www.huntcompanies.com.
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