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Kitsap industrial survey: consultants recommend rapid buildout to meet Navy demand
Summary
A consultant-led industrial land, buildings and infrastructure survey presented to the Port Orchard Economic Development and Tourism Committee identified a near-term need for new industrial facilities and infrastructure to capture federal and Navy-driven investment.
A consultant who prepared an industrial lands survey told the Port Orchard Economic Development and Tourism Committee on March 10 that Kitsap County must accelerate creation of new industrial buildings and supporting infrastructure to capture a wave of federal investment and meet U.S. Navy demand.
“Create new industrial facilities and supporting that infrastructure as quickly as possible” was the central recommendation, Joe Morrison, executive with Kitsap EDA and the report presenter, said, summarizing the study his team commissioned and reviewed with city staff.
The report, prepared after a competitive selection of consultant CAI, notes that Kitsap faces a once-in-a-generation influx of federal investment — Morrison cited an estimate of more than $10,000,000,000 for a county of about 290,000 people — and that Navy needs for administrative, laydown, industrial and warehouse space have repeatedly returned to the market in recent solicitations.
Morrison said the Navy sought roughly 280,000 square feet of industrial and warehouse space in a February 2024 solicitation and has since placed a follow-up solicitation that seeks more than…
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