Sale of Charlestown’s historic army ammunition site sparks hopes for revitalization

CHARLESTOWN, Ind. (WDRB) — Charlestown’s World War II army ammunition plant is off the market after FJR commercial Real Estate closed on the property.

The developers purchased the 27-acre property as well as other properties in the real estate portfolio across Charlestown, New Albany, Clarksville and Jeffersonville.

“I was very aggressive on it, and we now have it in our hands,” Brian Forrest, co-founder of FJR Commercial Real Estate, said. “And we closed a few weeks ago, and Mayor Hodges was one of the first people I reached out to.”…

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