John Burgess, Army Garrison-Miami’s Director of Public Works, and Army Col. David Noble, U.S. Southern Command’s Command Engineer, present proposed military housing solutions Sept. 17 for the Federal Aviation Administration’s land parcel in Doral, Florida. The conceptual design represents a proposed 195 housing units for USSOUTHCOM military personnel. (Photo by Dionte Greensword) The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
By: FEDweek StaffSoldiers attached to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) should have an easier time finding suitable and affordable places to live in the Miami area. The Army announced a plan to provide more privatized housing in the metropolitan area, which includes nearby Doral, the site of SOUTHCOM’s headquarters.
“Since 2010 when SOUTHCOM’s current headquarters opened, service members stationed at U.S. Army Garrison-Miami have struggled to find adequate, affordable housing that was close to their duty station,” said Rachel Jacobsen, the top civilian manager of the Army’s installations, energy and environment. “This new project will provide desperately needed quality housing for those stationed in Miami.”
The plan calls for some 75 family housing units and 60 two-bedroom apartments for unaccompanied service members. The units will be built on 51 acres of government property that was transferred to the Army from the Federal Aviation Administration. A privatized housing company called Lendlease will build the new housing, at a cost of $110 million.
The Florida project is one of several such initiatives now underway that are aimed at providing service members with affordable housing conveniently located near their duty stations, as part of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative.
A privatized-housing company called Cadence Communities is also redeveloping an 8.5-acre housing site at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania. The plan calls for demolition of 26 old units, which will be replaced by 35 new ones.
Cadence Communities will also take over 26 new family housing units at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, once construction is complete sometime next June.
The same company is also involved in other related projects at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, the Soldier Systems Center at Natick, Massachusetts, Fort Hunter Liggett, California, and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Ultimately, some 371 government-held family housing units will be privatized. And Cadence alone will handle some 481 family and 60 unaccompanied housing units.
“The new project will achieve the Army strategic housing goal to privatize the remaining housing inventory where feasible and support new housing construction to meet mission-critical housing requirements for service members,” Jacobson said.
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