Posted Oct 22, 2008, 4:02 PM
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Air Force consolidating 11 agencies at Port S.A.
Funny how the new tenants are more military and DOD civilians.
Privatization of military bases? What next?
From MySA.com business pages.
Link is there but I found one paragraph that just made me upset.
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Building 171, at 485 Quentin Roosevelt St., is one of the city’s largest buildings at nearly 460,000 square feet. If erected vertically, it would rank among the largest downtown high-rise office towers. It has more space than downtown’s Tower Life Building (210,470 square feet), Central Library (240,000 square feet) and the Frost Bank headquarters (339,000 square feet).
Among downtown office towers, only the Westin Center’s 490,871-square-foot office tower is larger.
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If only.....
But the point of the story is;
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The call center workers will relocate by May 2009 to make way for the renovation for the 2,700 permanent Air Force workers, Jackson said.
...About half of the new military and civilian personnel will move to San Antonio from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and several other states. The rest are consolidating into the building from area offices, including some at Brooks City-Base.
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Were moving more people here
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New Port San Antonio offices also are under construction, and new air freight warehouses are being readied for the start of air freight services next year. An aviation museum is being discussed between the port and City Hall. St. Philip’s College Southwest Campus is expanding with a new building.
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We're starting construction
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If nothing else, the high-paying jobs at Building 171 and the increase of port employment to above 11,000 makes possible the industrial park’s plans for a “downtown,” a project called Kelly Town Center.
The port hopes retail stores, restaurants, hotels and additional offices will be developed, especially as the port’s streets are widened and extended to improve access from surrounding neighborhoods.
The port will seek proposals for Kelly Town Center’s development next year.
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And hopefully we get this Kelly Town Center thing rolling.
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Thanks to WWII and Building 171, Port San Antonio will have more people than ever to build on and a solid future.
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