Overview

Fort DuPont is a unique mixed-use community. Initially it was a planned military landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries due to its strategic location on the Delaware River. It was operated as a military base until 1947. After being decommissioned the property was sold to the State of Delaware in 1947. The property was then used for many purposes including the operation of the Governor Bacon Health Center, the Fort DuPont State Park and the 153rd Military Police Company, which is a unit of the Delaware Army National Guard.

The State ultimately determined that the Complex had much more potential as a sustainable, mixed-use community that could produce revenue, jobs, housing choices, and recreational amenities while also preserving its historic character and the surrounding environment.

To accomplish this transformation, the Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation, (“FDRPC”) was established in 2014 and created for the purposes set forth in Title 7, Chapter 47, Subsection II of the Delaware Code (the “FDRPC Act”). Ownership of Fort DuPont, including all buildings, infrastructure and 400+ acres was transferred to the FDRPC in 2016.