Balfour Beatty Communities Breaks Ground on New Military Family Housing at Hunter Army Airfield

Ceremonial groundbreaking of Hunter Ridge celebrates the continuation of a multi-phased development project for Soldiers and their families

SAVANNAH, Ga.--()--Representatives from Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC, and Hunter Army Airfield (Hunter AAF) located in Savannah, Georgia, recently gathered with service members and their families to celebrate the groundbreaking of Hunter Ridge, a new neighborhood that will consist of 98 homes for Junior Enlisted families. The homes are planned to offer three and four bedroom duplex - quadruplex floor plan options complete with 2 ½ baths, large walk-in closets, ceiling fans, covered porches, fenced-in yards and two car garages. Energy-efficient appliances, lighting and HVAC systems will also be included. The neighborhood will be completed with two new playgrounds to further enhance the community amenities offered to families at Hunter Ridge and Hunter AAF.

Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC, is a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty Capital Group, Inc. and one of the leading Public-Private Partnership (PPP or P3) providers of housing, lifestyle and community solutions for members of the U.S. military and their families. At the groundbreaking for Hunter Ridge, Joel Jacobs, Deputy Project Director, Balfour Beatty Communities, was joined by Colonel Kevin W. Milton, Garrison Commander, Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield and Lieutenant Colonel Edward A. Kovaleski, Garrison Commander, US Army Garrison, Hunter Army Airfield for remarks.

Jacobs praised the efforts of the entire Hunter Army Airfield development team saying, “These new homes at Hunter Ridge will continue the work we have started in delivering the highest quality homes to our service members and their families. We look forward to another great community that our Soldiers and their families will be able to call home; a true Southern Living Station of Choice First Homes will start delivering late spring with final delivery in November 2012.”

This project marks an exciting final phase of new construction added to the multi-phased development and renovation project at Hunter Army Airfield, since Balfour Beatty assumed operations. To date, 1,567 new homes have been constructed of which 67 meet ADA requirements while 1,729 existing homes have been renovated and 946 old homes demolished.

For more information, please visit http://www.haaffamilyhomes.com.

Multimedia:
PHOTO 1: From left to right: Tom Jenkins, Balfour Beatty Communities’ Community Manager Hunter Army Airfield; Ron Painter, Benham Companies; CSM James Ervin, Garrison CSM FSGA/HAAF; Colonel Kevin Milton, Garrison Commander FSGA/HAAF; LTC Edward Kovaleski, Garrison Commander HAAF; Ernest Tafoya, HAAF Deputy Garrison Commander; Alex Voris, Senior Project Manager Balfour Beatty Construction; Christopher Curry, Residential Communities Initiative (RCI) Housing Chief, make the first dig at the Hunter Ridge site.

PHOTO 2: Joel Jacobs, Deputy Project Director, Balfour Beatty Communities Fort Stewart - Hunter Army Airfield GA, gives remarks at the groundbreaking for Hunter Ridge.

About Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC
(www.balfourbeattycommunities.com)

Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC, a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty Capital Group, Inc., is responsible for the development, renovation, operation and management of military privatization housing projects for the U.S. Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Setting the industry standard, the company is committed to sustainable business practices and is a leader in the military housing Public-Private Partnership (PPP or P3) industry, currently providing services to members of the U.S. military and their families residing on or near 43 bases located in 21 states and Washington, DC.

Contacts

At Balfour Beatty Capital Group, Inc.
Kathleen M. Grim, 610-355-8206
kgrim@bbcgrp.com
or
Gregory FCA
Katie Nicolai Kennedy, 610-228-2128
katiek@GregoryFCA.com

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Balfour Beatty Communities Breaks Ground on New Military Family Housing at Hunter Army Airfield

Contacts

At Balfour Beatty Capital Group, Inc.
Kathleen M. Grim, 610-355-8206
kgrim@bbcgrp.com
or
Gregory FCA
Katie Nicolai Kennedy, 610-228-2128
katiek@GregoryFCA.com