KLUP Post 1/18/2008 Air Force Contracting Office

Planned Air Force contracting center to add 200 jobs here. John Thurman of Heart of Texas Realty with today's San Antonio Business Journal News Feature. Business Journal writer, Catherine Dominguez, reported that San Antonio will soon be the home to the new US Air Force Southwest Regional Contracting Center and the facility will bring 200 new jobs, most of whom will be civilian workers, to the Alamo City. The center is part of the military's plan to consolidate its contracting and purchasing under the Air Force Materiel Command headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The Air Force Materiel Command conducts research, development, tests and evaluations and provides the acquisition management services and logixtics for the Air Force. The Southwest Regional Contracting center is one of the five cdenters that will be located across the nations. The specific location of the command has not yet been determined but locations at Randolph AFB, Brrks city Base, Port San Antonio and Ft. Sam Houston are being considered for the facility. For San Antonio area homes and real estate, call John Thurman of Heart of Texas Realty. www.HeartofTexasRealty.com

KLUP Post 1/31/2008 Armed Forces Reserve Center

$40 million reserve center signals start of Base Realignment And Closure Projects. John Thurman of Heart of Texas Realty here with today's San Antonio Business Journal news feature. Business Journal writer Catherine Dominguez reported that that a $40 million Armed Forces Reserve Center is in the works at Camp Bullis on the city's far northwest side. The Reserve Center, as well as the $92 million joint Center of Excellence for Battlefield Health and Trauma are now under way at Ft Sam Houston. The are the first projects slated for construction here as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's decision taht has resulted in locating a number of important missions in the Alamo City area. The funds will be used to build two buildings that will be used by the US Army and the US National Guard. the center will be used as a training, conference, administration office and storage. The reason for the increased space is the US Army is expanding its reserve component and reducing its active duty component. The overall BRAC project will encompas 78 new or renovated facilities which will total about six million square feet of new space to the Army and US National Gurad's arsenal. For San Antonio area homes and real estate, call John Thurman of Heart of Texas Realty. www.HeartofTexasRealty.com