VISTA to Open San Antonio, TX Office

VISTA will be opening a second office in San Antonio, TX, to allow for better proximity to regional military business west of the Mississippi. The second office is slated to open September 1, 2007.

The San Antonio office will be run by the newly-created position of Managing Director, who will report directly to VISTA Chief Operating Officer Larry Lincoln. VISTA is in the final stages of recruitment for the position, which will have profit-and-loss, business development, and local hiring responsibility.

“Opening an office in San Antonio is the next logical step in building VISTA’s military business,” explained VISTA President and CEO David Baxa. “San Antonio will soon be home to the U.S. Army’s Installation Management Command (IMCOM), the largest real property management agency in the world.”

IMCOM’s headquarters move from Crystal City, VA to Fort Sam Houston was planned in BRAC 2005. “Maintaining an office nearby ensures that we have access to headquarters-level business as well as taking advantage of regional and garrison level access for installations in the west and southwest,” Baxa explained.

The San Antonio office also will be better suited to serving VISTA’s growing U.S. Air Force business, Baxa added. “There are plans to relocate the Air Force Real Property Agency to Brooks City-Base in San Antonio,” Baxa explained. “As with our Army client, proximity to our Air Force clients will allow us to play a role in a variety of levels beyond headquarters strategic initiatives.”

The VISTA San Antonio office will be located in the Tetco Building in the city’s North Side business area. Baxa estimates that VISTA will outgrow the location in approximately 12 months. As business is developing and local project delivery staff is hired, VISTA’s Herndon, VA headquarters staff will provide interim support for client business.