OUT RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS IN KEEPING UP WITH MAINTENANCE ON THE STATION, WHICH IS NOW
GET THIS 2 DECADES OLD.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO WE KNOW THE
BROOKS COMMUNITY. WE’VE SEEN IT
EVOLVE OVER THE LAST 20 OR SO
YEARS. HE KEEPS GETTING BIGGER
AND BETTER. THEY HAVE A HUGE
VISION IN MIND AS WELL. THAT IS
WHY JOINING US IN TODAY’S
LEADING SA SEGMENT IS KANYE
GONZALES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, CONNIE.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US.
>> SO FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW
WHAT IS BROOKS REALLY MEAN TO
SAN ANTONIO?
>> SURE. SO BROOKS IS AN
ECONOMIC HUB IS TRULY A MODEL
THAT SHOULD BE REPLICATED
ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
IN THE AIR FORCE BASE CLOSED
DOWN ALMOST 21 YEARS AGO.
THE FACT THAT MANY CITY
LEADERS, A STATE LEADERS AND
FOR LEADERS DECIDED TO CONVEY
THE LAND TO ONE TEAM, WHICH IS
S BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
TO REDEVELOP THEIR 280 ACRES
WAS THE BEST THING THAT
COULD’VE HAPPENED AFTER AN AIR
FORCE BASE CLOSED DOWN.
>> OH, MY GOSH. FOR ANYONE
THAT’S BEEN DOWN THERE. I MEAN,
IT’S INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT
HAS OCCURRED THERE. SO TEXAS IN
SAN ANTONIO HAS SEEN A HUGE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THE
LAST YEAR AS MORE BUSINESSES
AND PEOPLE MOVING DOWN THE
CITY. SO WHAT IS BROOKE SCENE?
>> WE’VE SEEN THE SAME IF NOT
MORE. SARA, WE HAVE OFFICIALLY
SURPASSED 1.2 BILLION WITH A B
IN DEVELOPMENT. THAT’S ALREADY
COMPLETED. AND I’M HAPPY TO
REPORT THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER
425 MILLION IN PROJECTS UNDER
WAY TODAY. AND SO DESPITE THE
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE STILL BEEN
ROCKING AND ROLLING AND OUR
PROJECTS ARE MOVING. WE’RE
INVITING MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE
WORK, LEARN, PLAY AND STAY AT
BROOKS IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE
OF
SAN ANTONIO.
>> LOVE THE IDEA. AND, YOU
KNOW, LOOKING THROUGH THE
VISION SO MANY BIG THINGS ARE
PLAYING. CAN YOU TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS LIKE
WIDESPREAD VISION? WHAT IS SAY
THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO?
LOOK LIKE?
>> SURE. SO BROOKS WAS CREATED
FOR
REGIONAL PROSPERITY IF 10, 15,
20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE’RE AN
ISLAND OR PROSPERITY. WE DID
NOT ACHIEVE OUR MISSION AND
VISION. WE ARE A TOOL TO UP
WITH THOSE IN OUR SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES. AND SO HOW ARE WE
DOING? SO WE’RE ATTRACTING
BUSINESSES, WE’RE ATTRACTING
JOBS. HOW ARE WE ATTRACTING
JOBS BY CREATING ALL THINGS
WHERE YOU CAN LIVE WORK, LEARN
SO WE HAVE APARTMENTS. WE HAVE
EMPLOYERS. WE HAVE THE ONLY
FULL SERVICE HOTEL AND WE HAVE
AN AMAZING 43 ACRE PARK, WHICH
YOU SEE RIGHT BEHIND ME, WHICH
NOW CONNECTS TO THE SAN ANTONIO
RIVER MISSION REACH. SO
REGIONAL PROSPERITY IS WHAT
BROOKS IS ALL ABOUT.
>> I LOVE THAT TRAN. I LOVE
THAT. IT’S CONNECTED. I I WALK
IN WITH MY DOGS. SO WHAT ARE
SOME OTHER PROJECTS OUR
COMMUNITY SHOULD DO ABOUT?
>> SO MANY PROJECTS AND
MENTIONED THE 425 MILLION UNDER
WAY. ALL START OFF WITH ANOTHER
FIRST THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO
CHIEF FOR THE SOUTHEAST SIDE
AND THAT’S NOT ONE. BUT THAT’S
TO CLASS A OFFICE BUILDINGS
TOTALING 200,000 SQUARE FEET
AGAIN OF CLASS, A OFFICE SPACE.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE 800,000
SQUARE FEET UNDER WAY OF LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL SPACE AND THE FUN
STUFF THAT YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT, RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE
GOING TO EAT AND DRINK? WE’RE
HAPPY TO BE HOME OF THE NEWEST
LA TOYA. THANKS TO CHEF JOHNNY
HERNANDEZ IN JOINING HIM.
SOON THEREAFTER WILL BE BJ’S
BREWHOUSE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE.
PLUCKERS DAVE’S HOT CHICKEN
AND I CANNOT WAIT TO ANNOUNCE
THEM ANYMORE CONCEPTS THAT WILL
BE INVITING TO BROOKS.
>> AND SO WE SEE SUCH A HUGE
INFLUX OF PEOPLE COMING TO
TEXAS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO
FOR FAMILIES MOVING TO THE
ALAMO CITY. YOU KNOW, MAKE THE
PITCH WHY BROOKS?
>> YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS AND
CHALLENGE YOU ALL. WHERE CAN
YOU LIVE WORK? LEARN PLAY
BECAUSE WE HAVE HOTELS. WHERE
CAN YOU STAY ON 1300 ACRES
ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO,
I CHALLENGE YOU. YOU CAN’T SEE,
BUT YOU CAN DO ALL OF THOSE
THINGS. HAVE BROOKS ACROSS 1300
ACRES IN CLOSE JUST 10 MINUTES
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN. AND SO I
WILL BE DOUBLING OUR REX
RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OVER THE
NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. TODAY WE
HAVE ABOUT 2000. I LOOK FORWARD
TO SURPASSING THAT 5,000 MARK
OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT USED TO
LIVE ED BROOKS BECAUSE YOU CAN
DO ALL THINGS.
>> I SWEAR EVERY TIME I DRIVE
TOWN THERE, THERE IS ANOTHER
RESTAURANT POPPING UP A NEW
GREAT THINGS REALLY HAPPENING
AT BUCKS. COUNTY GONZALEZ WITH
BROOKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.