• BRAC Documents

  

  Official BRAC record for Walter Reed Army Medical Center (BRAC 2005).

  File type: PDF Source: BRAC Round 2005

  Commission Recommendation Conveyance Report

BRAC Summary: The 2005 BRAC Commission recommended the realignment of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, as follows: relocate all tertiary (sub-specialty and complex care) medical services to National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, establishing it as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD; relocate Legal Medicine to the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD; relocate sufficient personnel to the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, MD, to establish a Program Management Office that will coordinate pathology results, contract administration, and quality assurance and control of DoW (formerly DoD) second opinion consults worldwide; relocate all non tertiary (primary and specialty) patient care functions to a new community hospital at Fort Belvoir, VA; relocate the Office of the Secretary of Defense supporting unit to Fort Belvoir, VA; disestablish all elements of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology except the National Medical Museum and the Tissue Repository; relocate the Armed Forces Medical Examiner, DNA Registry, and Accident Investigation to Dover Air Force Base, DE; AFIP capabilities not specified in this recommendation will be absorbed into other DoW (formerly DoD), Federal, or civilian facilities, as necessary; relocate enlisted histology technician training to Fort Sam Houston, TX; relocate the Combat Casualty Care Research sub-function (with the exception of those organizational elements performing neuroprotection research) of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Forest Glen Annex) and the Combat Casualty Care Research sub-function of the Naval Medical Research Center (Forest Glen Annex) to the Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX; relocate Medical Biological Defense Research of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Forest Glen Annex) and Naval Medical Research Center (Forest Glen Annex) to Fort Detrick, MD, and consolidate it with U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; relocate Medical Chemical Defense Research of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Forest Glen Annex) to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, and consolidate it with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense; and close the main post.

Property Description: WRAMC is situated on a 110.1-acre enclosed campus located in Northwest Washington, DC bounded by Fern Street and Alaska Avenue to the north, 16th Street to the west, Aspen Street to the south and Georgia Avenue to the east. The site contains 4.6M sq ft. of hospital and admin space; many of which are historically significant. Part of the landscape itself is considered historic, such as Main Drive and the Rose Garden.

Conveyance Summary:
Starting Acres: 110.13
Remaining Acres: 0.06
Conveyed Acres: 110.07

Local Redevelopment Authority:
Walter Reed Local Redevelopment Authority
1350 Pennsylvannia Ave, NW Suite 317
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 727-6365
email: walterreed.lra@dc.gov
http://www.walterreedlra.com