Georgetown Pitching New Campus at Walter Reed

Georgetown and its development team, Forest City Washington, are hoping to curry favor with of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission and neighbors of the former site of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a possible expansion of graduate programs and innovative non-profit partnerships.

As part of its campus plan agreement last year the university agreed to pursue its "next 100 acres" somewhere else in the city to allow for the type of expansion and growth that the will fuel the school's success. 

The Georgetowner got the scoop on a statement from the University about the partnership with Forest City on pitching a university use on the Walter Reed campus. 

Part of that statement is below:

The District has solicited developers to make presentations for Walter Reed. Forest City Washington has asked Georgetown University to partner on a proposal that includes exploring the possibility of expanding the university’s graduate education activities, research facilities, collaborations with private sector firms, and potentially other non profit and government entities to both accommodate growth and provide a catalyst for broader collaborations. This site has the potential to be a campus for innovation that could combine our institutional strengths with private sector, non-profit and other institutional entities, all focused on developing ideas and solutions for next generation global problem-solving.

While we are not far enough along in our master planning to determine specifically what programs and activities we would undertake at Walter Reed, we believe it is in the best interest of our institution to explore this potential partnership.