FT Sam Houston/BRAC

Schertz1 · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 6:17 AM**

I took a few pictures after Easter service on Ft Sam. A few projects, skyline views, and a general's house. There were several construction sites I didn't take pictures of. Also, they have started work on I35 from around Walters to Beech.

KevinFromTexas · #2 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 6:51 AM**

Awesome. Nice to see a little more detail of the Towers on Park Lane. I've never been close enough myself to really appreciate it. And the Grand Hyatt is making small work of the Marriott there. Geez, I used to think the Marriott was a big building.

urbanactivist · #3 Posted **Mar 24, 2008, 2:05 PM**

Very nice pics.

It must be awesome to get to live in between such cool and dynamic cities. Whenever I visit one of them, I obligate myself to at least run down and check out the other.

bluedogok · #4 Posted **Mar 25, 2008, 4:17 AM**

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I worked on site plan schemes for that building off/on for two years. We did a bunch of different schemes for that site before they finally settles on that scheme late last year.

Schertz1 · #5 Posted **Jun 2, 2008, 3:05 AM**

oldmanshirt · #6 Posted **Jun 13, 2008, 12:20 AM**

Does anybody have additional info about the Primary Health-Care Clinic that was just contracted for construction? Is it separate from BAMC? The contract is for $33.4 million and it will take 18 months to complete. Sounds pretty big.

http://recenter.tamu.edu/mnews/newsS...NEWS&CID=41971

miaht82 · #7 Posted **Jun 13, 2008, 4:01 PM**

http://www.sammc.amedd.army.mil/ft_sam_houston.asp

I'm assuming this is the one you are talking about. This will be across from the old TMC on FSH and it will help with the large amounts of new soldiers that will be there so that SAMMC will not be flooded with patients.
The additions to BAMC will be 2 parking lots, a research wing, addition to northeast part of BAMC and the addition to the ER with a helipad.
and it will now be the San Antonio Military Medical Center.

oldmanshirt · #8 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 12:16 AM**

Found this rather small rendering on the mysa.com Real Estate blog. Its the of the entire medical training campus.

Before I read what it was, I was thinking "wow, that looks a lot like the Microsoft campus", but who knows, it may actually end up being bigger (hopefully taller, too).

miaht82 · #9 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 2:06 AM**

Theres alot going on at FSH. I'll try to take pics soon.
I had renderings of the new dining facitlities, gym, new PX and the actual METC campus might be the only thing over 5 floors; the Air Force and Navy dorms might be only 4 floors or so.
The only hope for anything taller than that is the 695 room Staybridge Suites that is supposed to be built near the PX/Commissary.

sakyle04 · #10 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by miaht82

Theres alot going on at FSH. I'll try to take pics soon.
I had renderings of the new dining facitlities, gym, new PX and the actual METC campus might be the only thing over 5 floors; the Air Force and Navy dorms might be only 4 floors or so.
The only hope for anything taller than that is the 695 room Staybridge Suites that is supposed to be built near the PX/Commissary.

695? thats huuuuge!!!

sirkingwilliam · #11 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 6:55 AM**

Yeah, and there's very limited room on FSH so I don't expect it to be wide.

Also, does anyone have anymore information on the large "Shops At La Cantera" like shopping center that is planned?

It's amazing what's occurring at FSH and the area outside it near downtown. From Pearl to Lower Broadway and then 35 and the new Walters Bridge and the other 35 bridges that will soon under go rebuilding. Also, the rezoning of Government Hill into a multifamily neighborhood. It's a great time for that area.

sakyle04 · #12 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 2:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by sirkingwilliam

Yeah, and there's very limited room on FSH so I don't expect it to be wide.

Also, does anyone have anymore information on the large "Shops At La Cantera" like shopping center that is planned?

It's amazing what's occurring at FSH and the area outside it near downtown. From Pearl to Lower Broadway and then 35 and the new Walters Bridge and the other 35 bridges that will soon under go rebuilding. Also, the rezoning of Government Hill into a multifamily neighborhood. It's a great time for that area.

seriously, though....695 rooms?

the new courtyard on the riverwalk has 220 rooms and a very small footprint.

if the 695-room hotel has a footprint 3 times as large, it would still take more than 17 stories to fit all of the rooms there. what!?!?!

KeepSanAntonioLame · #13 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 4:12 PM**

The GH is 1000 rooms.

Texas Tuff · #14 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 5:20 PM**

Nice pics. The last time I visited Ft. Sam I remember seeing some of those great skyline views above.

oldmanshirt · #15 Posted **Oct 5, 2008, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by sakyle04

seriously, though....695 rooms?

the new courtyard on the riverwalk has 220 rooms and a very small footprint.

if the 695-room hotel has a footprint 3 times as large, it would still take more than 17 stories to fit all of the rooms there. what!?!?!

Yeah, 695 rooms is a little hard to believe, but considering those dorms are going to be holding, what 9000 students at any given time, I guess they have confidence they'll be able to fill them.

Or maybe there's a secret amusement park development that's being built at Ft Sam that we just haven't heard about yet. Maybe it'll be called Disney's "Military City" and will have all Army-themed rides

Seriously, though, if this hotel is even 12 or 15 stories it'll add nicely to the "Midtown" skyline.

sirkingwilliam · #16 Posted **Oct 6, 2008, 12:43 AM**

miaht, can you post the renderings you have?

miaht82 · #17 Posted **Oct 6, 2008, 1:28 PM**

Here are a couple i can post now:

One of five Medical Instructional Facilities that will each serve as a mini college campus containing classrooms for medics and corpsman.

4,800-person dining hall, comprising 80,000 sq ft.

sakyle04 · #18 Posted **Oct 6, 2008, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by KeepSanAntonioLame

The GH is 1000 rooms.

???

i think i missed the point on that statement.

clue me in...mas informacion por favor.

miaht82 · #19 Posted **Oct 6, 2008, 4:56 PM**

Sorry guys, we knew the 695 was too good to be true
I just found the briefing I was sent and I was giving out old info.
The correct number is 981 Room $76M Candlewood Suites.
I guess we'll see. There is a huge lot behind the "old" PX and the Lemon Lot.

The numbers for the rooms are probably quite accurate. With an additional 9,000 students at a given time "graduating" from their technical schools and families from all over coming in to see the students they haven't seen since they were shipped off to their respective "basic training," the percentage of people coming in is pretty high. This added to the 4,500 that go through the AMEDD Center and School each year, the estimate they are giving is a total of 32,000 or so. If we can average out that there will be a graduation every month or so, that would be about 2666 graduates a month. If half of those families come in, at an average of 2 per family (at least a mom and dad) that would be about 660 or so families a week alone for the graduations. Also take into consideration that every weekend, when the students have actual time off, girl/boyfriends will be coming in to visit, wives/husbands will come in to visit; and they can't stay in the dorms or barracks. I'd say a large number of rooms is accurate and it isn't over shooting by much

KeepSanAntonioLame · #20 Posted **Oct 6, 2008, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by sakyle04

???

i think i missed the point on that statement.

clue me in...mas informacion por favor.

I was just sort of giving a reference point for building size to number of rooms ratio.