Team Effort Promotes On-Schedule Commercial reuse of Memphis Defense Depot

Thomas C. Holmes, P.G.
Project Manager/Principal Geologist
MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC)

A public/private sector partnership is transforming a former military depot in Memphis, TN into a distribution and light manufacturing business park. Formerly known as the Defense Depot Memphis, Tennessee (DDMT), the Depot was opened in 1942 and is located on 642-acres site in a residential and commercial area of Memphis. The Depot managed and furnished military general supplies to the Armed Forces and several federal civilian agencies. The site, which once warehoused a wide variety of materials for government use including hazardous materials, is expected to generate both jobs and tax revenues for the City. At the present time, 73.5 percent of the leasable space is leased, and includes 29 tenants and jobs for 1,084 people. The team includes the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation (TDEC), along with MACTEC and other consultants. The team was instrumental in developing the technical and regulatory framework that has resulted in favorable environmental dispositions.

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