With the closing, more than 6,000 jobs had already been createdat Sacramento's third closed military installation. The federalproperty was transferred to the County at "no cost" upon thecontingency that it develops a viable reuse and economic recoveryplan for the site.

In 1998, the County issued a Request for Qualifications seekinga development consultant for McClellan Air Force Base. Of the morethan 90 regional, national and international firms who werecontacted, the Board decided upon the Stanford Ranch/Morgan StanleyReal Estate Team, later known as McClellan Business Park, LLC, fordevelopment and equity participation in the reuse of the base.

"Our public/private partnership worked exceptionally well givenMcClellan Park's diverse properties. It took an innovativecollaboration to ensure the success of aviation-related, high techand manufacturing businesses as well as continued public uses,"says Paul Hahn, Director of Economic Development for the County ofSacramento.