Work to disposition the National Nuclear Security Administration’s former home at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City began yesterday as developer CenterPoint Properties Trust started an extensive site analysis and environmental review of the World War II era facility. CenterPoint teamed with Zimmer Real Estate Services to build a new home for the NNSA’s Kansas City Plant, dubbed the Kansas City National Security Campus, and it was picked in 2012 to help disposition the plant’s former home.
As part of an 18-month study, CenterPoint will perform a site assessment and develop a plan for demolishing obsolete facilities and restoring the property for reuse. “This is a significant next step in fulfilling the disposition policy set forth in NNSA Administrator Frank Klotz’s recent report to Congress,” Kansas City Field Office Manager Mark Holecek said in a statement. “The public-private partnership with CenterPoint is the most efficient and effective path forward as we work together to redevelop the Bannister Federal Complex in an environmentally responsible manner and return it to productive use for the citizens of Kansas City.”