D.C., Army make a deal on Walter Reed Army Medical Center

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has agreed to pay the Army $22.5 million for more than half of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus in northwest Washington.

The Washington Post reports that the deal was confirmed Tuesday night. Officials say the District will pay for a little more than 66 acres of the 110-acre site on Georgia Avenue.

Washington also reached an agreement with the site's master developers under which the District will lease the property to them for a mixed-use development.

The terms of the purchase were reported ahead of a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Wednesday at a Washington fire station on the campus.

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