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Article: Hazel: Horns and Halo;Developer Defines Region's Personality
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- The Washington Post
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- October 2, 1988
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The suspense isn't killing John T. (Til) Hazel.
For months, Hazel has listened to Congress debate proposals to
buy his celebrated William Center tract at Manassas battlefield. He
still doesn't know whether the federal government will take the land,
at an instant profit that likely would exceed $40 million, or whether
it will pass, leaving him with one of the most strategically located
parcels in Northern Virginia-a development jewel that promises to
reap hundreds of millions of dollars in profits over the years.
Heads: Hazel wins big. Tails: Hazel wins even bigger.
An enviable situation, and a familiar one for a man who during
three decades as a zoning lawyer and developer has made his ...