Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
                                                                 
 
                       DISMISSED:  March 4, 1999
                                                                 
 
 
                              GSBCA 14860
 
 
                      WRD VENTURE, A PARTNERSHIP,
 
                                           Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                           Respondent.
 
        Nancy  Pitt  of  WRD  Venture,  Tucson,  AZ,  appearing  for
   Appellant.
 
        Martin A. Hom,  Office of General Counsel,  General Services
   Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
 
   NEILL, Board Judge.
 
                                 ORDER
 
        Appellant, WRD Venture, and respondent, the General Services
   Administration  (GSA),  entered  into  a  lease  for  the  Social
   Security Administration  facility  located  in  Albuquerque,  New
   Mexico.  Under Section 29 of the lease,  the lessor, WRD Venture,
   was to be  reimbursed by the  lessee, GSA, for  the cost of  real
   estate taxes that exceeded  the amount of such taxes  in the base
   year of  the lease.   This appeal  arises from a  dispute between
   appellant  and respondent  over reimbursement  of  the 1997  real
   estate tax increase.
 
        On February 4,  1999, the Board suspended  proceedings while
   the parties  engaged in  settlement negotiations.    On March  3,
   1999, appellant advised the Board that the parties have reached a
   settlement  and requested  that  its  appeal  be  dismissed  with
   prejudice.    Respondent  has  no  objection  to  the  dismissal.
   Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 128(a), this appeal is DISMISSED.
 
 
 
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                                      EDWIN B. NEILL
 
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                                      Board Judge