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DOE transfers former machine shop property to CROET

Posted at 8:51 pm May 15, 2014
By John Huotari 2 Comments

DOE Land Transfer at ETTP to CROET

From left during Wednesday’s land transfer ceremony are U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann; Mark Whitney, manager of DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management; Lawrence Young, CROET president and CEO; and David Klaus, DOE’s deputy undersecretary for management and performance.

 

Roughly 25 acres of land that once housed a machine shop and supporting buildings at Heritage Center has been transferred to an economic development organization that finds new uses for former federal property.

The property transfer from the U.S. Department of Energy to the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee was celebrated in a Wednesday afternoon ceremony. It’s the 12th transfer from DOE to CROET, and the two dozen acres were signed over to CROET for private-sector use.

Among the speakers at Wednesday’s ceremony were U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican whose district includes Oak Ridge, and David Klaus, DOE’s deputy undersecretary for management and performance.

“The reindustrialization program in Oak Ridge has not only been an economic development catalyst for the region, it is saving tax payers millions of dollars as the federal government transfers underutilized assets to the private sector,” Fleischmann said.

The transfers of the parcels, officially known as ED-11 and ED-12, have been in the works for at least a few years. Lawrence Young, CROET president and chief executive officer, said there will some infrastructure improvements to make the property ready for development. Part of the property once housed Building 1401, an old machine shop that has now been demolished. [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, ETTP, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Chuck Fleischmann, City of Oak Ridge, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, CROET, David Klaus, DOE, East Tennessee Technology Park, economic development, ED-11, ED-12, ETTP, federal property, Heritage Center, Horizon Center, K-33, K-33 building, land, Lawrence Young, Mark Whitney, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy

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