The Air Force announced Tuesday that it has terminated negotiations with a private commercial developer to build a waste-water treatment facility at Beale AFB, Calif., under the Defense Department’s enhanced use lease initiative. “Business developments and market conditions” occurring after Beale Community Partners, LLC, was selected in March for this leasing opportunity “caused steep reductions in the returns the Air Force was to realize from the project,” the service said in a release. Those reductions, it noted, coupled with “other aspects” of the proposed development, drove the decision. Air Force spokesman Gary Strasbourg told the Daily Report Tuesday that “at this point, there are no known plans for any future development,” when asked if the service would seek another potential leasing partner. The Air Force began the talks with BCP in June. The treatment facility would have serviced the communities surrounding Beale.
President Donald Trump on July 4 signed into law $150 billion in defense funds as part of the tax-and-spending package known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” after congressional Republicans approved the legislation in narrow, drawn-out votes earlier this week.
