REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS -- HISTORIC LEASE FOR HOOSAC STORES WAREHOUSE The National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park will be negotiating a lease of the historic Hoosac Stores Warehouse in Charlestown, Massachusetts. The facility, built in 1895, is 60,000 square feet and occupies 6 stories at 115 Constitution Road, Charlestown, MA. The property is located beginning on the Southeasterly side line of Water Street, and at land of the United States of America; thence running South, 57 deg 43 min 22 sec West, two hundred ninety-three and 57/100 (293.57) feet and North 32 deg 08 min West, ninety-eight and 72/100 (98.72) feet to said Water Street, two-hundred forty seven and 51/100 (247.51) feet to the point of beginning, be all said measurements, more or less, said parcel containing about 26,615 square feet (0.61 of an acre) of land. The property is suitable for educational, museum or cultural use, conversion to hotel, office, time shares or other uses appropriate to a large brick structure located on the waterfront next to the historic Charlestown Navy Yard, overlooking the USS Constitution. The property is along Boston's Freedom Trail and at the edge of the residential neighborhoods of Charlestown. Lessee will be responsible for the design, construction, financing and operations of the facility. The building is on the National Register of Historic Properties and adaptive use must be in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Historic Properties. Requests for copies of the "Hoosac Stores Warehouse" proposal package may be made in writing by mailing to Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA 02129-4543, Attn: Superintendent. Requests may be faxed to 617-242-6006 or by e-mail to bost_superintendent@nps.gov. Telephone requests will not be accepted. All requests should identify the package by name: "Hoosac Stores Warehouse Request for Proposal." Due date for receipt of proposals is scheduled for November 1, 1999. Posted 07/22/99 (W-SN357674).

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