Hannam towers project OK’d

This U.S. military housing tower on Hannam Village in Seoul has remained vacant since military officials said the housing is not up to U.S. Army standards.


Hannam towers project OK’d
By T.D. Flack and Jimmy Norris, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SEOUL — Installation Command-Korea officials have approved a planned renovation of three vacant housing towers at the Hannam Village housing complex in Seoul.

And if the Korean National Housing Corp. brings the towers back to acceptable standards, the military will once again start paying the lease and allow soldiers to live there.

The project is expected to open up to 260 apartments in the satellite housing area for nearby Yongsan Garrison, headquarters for U.S. Forces Korea.

IMCOM leases Hannam housing from the corporations, which will pay for the renovations.

The three towers have remained empty since the U.S. military — upset with the poor quality of the 28-year-old buildings — moved out residents and stopped paying the $4.5 million yearly lease in August 2006.


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