The project will begin with an initial development period, which will include the design, construction, renovation, management, maintenance and operational responsibilities for the 2,435 housing units. According to Nestor, 800 new homes will be built, 822 will receive major renovations, 806 will include medium renovations and the rest will receive minor renovations.

Ron Nestor, the Balfour Beatty Communities senior vice president in charge of the Air Force portfolio, tells GlobeSt.com. "Our military men, women, children and families deserve quality housing, and I think that we can all agree that for years they weren't getting it." He continues that "with these contracts, the first five to seven years are of initial development, but these are 50-year contracts. Afterwards we also manage them."

Nestor says that "our renovations run the gamut. In many cases we demolish entire neighborhoods. Sometimes we do major, minor or medium levels of renovations. This doesn't just include houses, but infrastructure, playgrounds, community centers, pools and so on."

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