GSA chooses developer for former Navy Yard parcel.

• Author: Kennedy, Harold
• Position: Brief Article

The U.S. General Services Administration in January selected a developer for the Southeast Federal Center-a desolate, 42-acre site in the District of Columbia that was separated from the Washington Navy Yard in 1963.

The center, which borders the Anacostia River, is within two miles of the U.S. Capitol Building. It is next door to an 11-acre site that is being developed as a new headquarters for the Department of Transportation.

The center-as part of the Navy Yard, which was established in 1799---was used originally for shipbuilding activities. Near the turn of the 20th century, activities shifted from shipbuilding to ordnance production, and by 1962, all production and manufacturing activities had ceased. Under GSA, the site has been used primarily for administrative, storage and light industrial purposes.

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