Who’s buying up land around major Air Force base in California? ‘We have no idea’
BY BRAD DRESS - 07/31/23 6:54 PM ET
A mysterious investment company is buying up large tracts of land around a California Air Force base, raising questions about who is behind the firm — and its intentions — amid growing fears about Chinese businesses acquiring land near American military sites.
The investment firm Flannery Associates has bought around $800 million worth of land around Travis Air Force Base in northern California’s Solano County, which is midway between Sacramento and San Francisco.
Flannery Associates filed a lawsuit in May against a group of landowners, accusing the farmers of conspiring to inflate the value of the property — drawing further scrutiny from policymakers including Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.).
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4129872-whos-buying-up-land-around-major-air-force-base-in-california-we-have-no-idea/