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Sugar Grove Naval Base to Become Health Care Campus

A former Navy base in Pendleton County has been sold and is going to be repurposed as a health care campus for active-duty military personnel and West Virginia residents.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the General Services Administration announced in a statement Thursday the sale of the Sugar Grove base to Robert Pike.

Pike topped 14 other parties with a high bid of $4.01 million in a sealed-bid auction for the 123-acre facility, which ended Dec. 1.

Pike, whose address was not listed by the GSA, is working with Mellivora Partners, of Birmingham, Alabama, to begin the conversion.

The sale followed an online auction for the property that ended in July, when an $11.2 million bid was received but the anonymous bidder was unable to complete the transaction.

Former West Virginia Navy Base up for Auction Again

A 123-acre former Navy installation in Pendleton County is up for auction again after federal officials say the previous high bidders were “unable to complete the transaction.”

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the U.S. General Services Administration said in a statement Tuesday that a new auction for the former Navy Information Operations Command installation would be held, in which bidders would be able to mail in bids and deposits.

Bids then will be publicly opened and a winner declared sometime in November.

The last online auction ended in July, after an $11.2 million bid went unchallenged for a 24-hour period.

The successful bidder was anonymous. GSA officials say the high bidders weren’t able to finish the transaction.

Before closing last year, the site was being used for intelligence gathering.

Former West Virginia Navy Base Sold to Anonymous Bidder

 A 123-acre former Navy installation in Pendleton County has sold at auction.

The Charleston Gazette reports the online auction for the former Navy Information Operations Command installation ended Monday night, after a bid of $11.2 million went unchallenged for a 24-hour period.

The successful bidder was anonymous.

The General Services Administration expects to close on the sale of the property within the next 60 days, according to a GSA spokeswoman.

Last year, the government agency offered to transfer the property to the West Virginia Division of Corrections for free for use as a women’s prison, but Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin opted not to accept the gift, citing its remote location and operating costs.

Before the site was closed last year, it was being used for intelligence gathering.

Public Meeting Held on Sugar Grove Proposal

A nonprofit is holding a public meeting this week on its proposal to convert a Navy base to a career college.

KVC Health Systems Inc. consultant Thomas S. Bailey will discuss the proposal at the meeting on Wednesday at a community center in Franklin.

The Navy plans to close its Sugar Grove base in Pendleton County in September. KVC wants to convert the base to a career college for young adults who emerge from foster care without a support system.

Bailey tells the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia, that the college’s emphasis would be on postgraduation, on-the-job training opportunities and career placement support.

The West Virginia Division Corrections has proposed converting the base to a state prison.

The General Services Administration hasn’t made a decision on the proposals.

West Virginia Still Hopes to Turn Ex-Navy Base into Prison

  West Virginia officials say plans are moving forward to convert part of a soon-to-be closed Navy base in Pendleton County into a state prison.

Corrections Commissioner Jim Rubenstein told legislators Thursday that the state has submitted a formal application to the federal General Services Division to use part of the 122-acre Sugar Grove military base.

The Charleston Gazette reports that the Navy announced plans in 2012 to close the Naval Information Operations Command base.

State officials say in addition to a 600-plus bed correctional facility, the joint application also calls for the state National Guard to develop a Wounded Warrior assisted-living center on the base, and for the state Department of Agriculture to use some of the acreage for farmland to be maintained by inmates.

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