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PANAMA CANAL TREATY
TRANSITION.... 1979-1999
Summary of Treaty
Transition Milestones
Military Property
Transfers to Panama
Treaty Impact on Military |
MILITARY
PROPERTY TRANSFERS (1979-1999) (continued)
| DATE |
PROPERTY
|
REMARKS |
| 1999/
Nov 1 |
Fort
Kobbe (Pacific side,
adjacent to Howard Air Force Base)
5,196 acres with:
 | Several barracks buildings, underground
storage facilities, warehouses;
| Elementary school;
| 264 family housing units. |
| Adjusted book value: $319.1
million. |
| |
Last units stationed at
Kobbe:
| 5th Battalion, 87th Infantry
 | 518th Engineer Battalion
| TEAMS (the National
Guard's and Reserve's heavy equipment and stockpile of
supplies for engineering and medical exercises in Panama
and the region conducted by such units) were maintained at Fort
Kobbe. |
|
|
FORT KOBBE
- 800 area [Photo
by U.S. Army South DEH, 1998]
|
USE BY PANAMA:
| Panama National Police's
Dr. Justo Arosemena Advanced Learning Center for Officers
(Dr. Justo Arosemena Centro de
Ensenanza Superior) (established in 1998) -- most of the 800
series of buildings and former barracks (Buildings 840, 841,
841-A, 842, U842, 816, 818, 820, 812, 833, 824, U816, 826,
803-A, 796, 811, 813, U813-1,2,3, 798, U798-1,2, U825
[for total of $8,978, 174 - ARI] |
| Panama National Police's
activities supporting public security, including Services
Support Group and Mobil Support Group (Buildings 801, 801-A,
U-801, 803, 803-A, 805, 805-A, 807 [for total of $2,342,533 -
ARI] |
|
Red Cross (Cruz Roja) -
Buildings 380 and 380-A
|
| Intercontinental Bonita
Beach Resort & Spa, an eco-tourist and recreational facility at Kobbe Beach, a $12-million
project being developed by Paradise Beach Corporation (headed
by Panamanian builder Herman Bern, who developed recently the Gamboa
Rainforest Resort). The first section (begun
in 2004 and expected to begin operation in December 2005) features 195 rooms and five suites and a complex of restaurants,
shops, church, swimming pools, spas, and conference rooms
|
|
Kobbe
Beach, site of a new Eco-tourist and Recreational facility
Bonita Beach Resort & Spa being developed by Paradise Beach Corporation.
Howard Base is in the far background of the top photo. [Photos
courtesy of ARI from its website] |
|
Army Property
Fort
Kobbe-
History
Kobbe-New
Use
|
| 1999/
Nov 15 |
Curundu
Laundry Facility (Pacific
side, behind former Curundu Heights Housing Area)
USE BY PANAMA:
| Transferred by ARI (Interoceanic
Region Authority) to the Ministry of Health for laundry
services for Santo Tomas Hospital, National Cancer Hospital
(now at Gorgas Hospital), and other medical facilities. |
|
Army
Property |
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