[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15923]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Enhanced-Use Lease for a Mixed-Use Development at the William 
Jennings Bryan Dorn Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 
Columbia, South Carolina

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice of intent to enter into an enhanced-use lease.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
intends to enter into an enhanced-use lease of approximately 26 acres 
at the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South 
Carolina. The selected lessee will finance, design and construct, 
manage, maintain and operate a mixed-use development, to include 
expansion of existing facilities at the University of South Carolina 
School of Medicine, a new office building, and a new fire/police 
station for the City of Columbia. The lessee also would be required to 
provide VA with ground rent payments, or at VA's option, in lieu of a 
portion of the ground rent, in-kind consideration consisting of 
clinical/administrative space for use by the VAMC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Hackman, Office of Asset 
Enterprise Management (004B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-5875.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 38 U.S.C. 8161 et seq. states that the 
Secretary may enter into an enhanced-use lease if he determines that 
the implementation of a business plan proposed by the Under Secretary 
for Health for applying the consideration under such a lease to the 
provision of medical care and services would result in a demonstrable 
improvement of services to eligible veterans in the geographic service-
delivery area within which the property is located. This project meets 
this requirement.

    Approved: August 7, 2007.
R. James Nicholson,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-15923 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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