Consultants to the FMFADA

Bay Area Economics, California and Maryland

BAE is a national urban economics consulting firm with a 20-year history in military base reuse and public/private partnerships. Drawing on work with The Presidio of San Francisco and more than 25 other military base reuse assignments, BAE is responsible for detailing the fiscal impacts of Fort Monroe reuse under alternative scenarios, analyzing the Army’s operating and maintenance costs to determine the likely on-going operating and stewardship costs, preparing a detailed financial model of future infrastructure and operating costs as well as lease and other revenues, and assisting the Board in its decisions about structuring the entity for long-term reuse and redevelopment of Fort Monroe.

David Dutton & Associates, Virginia

David Dutton is a preservationist who specializations include the preparation of Section 106 Programmatic Agreements to minimize negative impacts on historic sites. He is representing the FMFADA for the Army’s Section 106 process at Fort Monroe.

Garrity-Knisely, Massachusetts

David Knisely is an attorney who ranks among the top specialists on legal issues and procedures associated with the Base Realignment and Closure Act. Knisely works nationally with communities impacted by military closures.

Hanbury, Evans, Wright, Vlattas, Virginia

Hanbury Evans is a respected historic preservation architectural firm that oversees renovations and restorations of historic properties, preparation of cultural resource management plans, and provides a variety of other services relating to the field of historic preservation. The firm is the lead architectural preservation consultant to the FMFADA.

Interpretive Solutions, Inc., West Chester, PA

Specializes in interpretive planning for parks, museums, historic sites, and nature centers, as well as development of interpretive media, including exhibits, audio tours, and video.  Clients range from nonprofit organizations, foundations and museums to municipalities, state government agencies and national parks from coast to coast.  Principal Peter Dajevskis has extensive experience in regional planning and programming of capital facilities for cultural institutions.  The firm’s other principal, Ann Clausen, a museum specialist, has a wide-ranging background in developing and managing interpretive services.

For the Fort Monroe project, IS has teamed with John Gerner of Leisure Business Advisors, Inc., a firm specializing in business planning for cultural institutions and visitor attractions located in Richmond, VA; Wendy Aibel-Weiss of Museum Interpretation in New York City, who specializes in education and public programming; and Andy Mink, Director of Outreach and Education for the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia.

Kimley-Horn, Virginia and National

Kimley-Horn is a national consulting firm with more than 2,400 employees in over 60 offices that provide engineering and land planning services. As part of the consultant team for the Fort Monroe re-use plan, the firm is providing guidance on transportation, utilities, infrastructure requirements, and wetlands regulation for the FMFADA

Matrix Design Group, Inc., Colorado

Matrix is a multi-disciplinary planning/engineering/environmental services firm specializing in major asset redevelopment with nationally recognized experts in Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) redevelopment projects. Matrix has earned an outstanding reputation for their ability to integrate environmental cleanup of contaminated sites, including those with unexploded ordnance, with development, resulting in time and money savings to clients. The firm represents the FMFADA in environmental cleanup discussions with the Army and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It is also serving as the FMFADA liaison to the Army on NEPA-related issues.

RCLCO (Robert Charles Lesser & Company)

For over 40 years, RCLCO (Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC) has been the "first call" for public sector entities, real estate developers, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, private investors, and Fortune 500 companies seeking strategic and tactical advice on property investment, planning, and development. As the largest independent real estate advisory firm in the nation—with experience in international markets—we provide end-to-end real estate solutions on everything from entity, portfolio, and asset strategy to market research, product programming, financial sourcing, deal structuring, and ultimate development.