The U Navy plans to join forces wit...

The U Navy plans to join forces with a private developer to redevelop an eight-acre parcel it allows in San Diego. Given the federal government's ongoing fiscal griefs the public/private partnership could benefit as a paradigm for coming time Navy projects.

Plans call for the construction of a mixed-use waterfront contrive that will include up to I million square feet of Navy administrative offices - roughly double the amount of office space the Navy popularly occupies on the site.

In an unusual arrangement, the Navy will provide exempt ground rent to a gooded developer in ...