SAN ANTONIO October 19, 2007 - Business leaders and government officials gathered at Brooks City-Base to celebrate the launch of a $47 million road project on South New Braunfels Avenue.

The multi-phase project will extend New Braunfels Avenue from S.E. Military Drive to Loop 410. The initial phase will extend the road from S.E. Military Drive to Sidney Brooks Road. The later phase will extend New Bruanfels Avenue from Sidney Brooks Road to Loop 410. The roadway will be an 86 foot-wide Boulevard with a center landscaped median.

This roadway infrastructure project will improve accessibility to Brooks City-Base by creating connections to the major highways of Loop 410, U.S. Highway 281 and Interstate 37 as well as State Highway Loop 13, also known as Military Drive.

BROOKS CITY BASE

Brooks City-Base is considered one of the most innovative economic development projects in the United States. Through a visionary partnership between the City of San Antonio and the United States Air Force, Brooks City-Base stands as one of San Antonio's premier centers for bioscience, biomedical, academic, environmental and technical research.

The business and technology center, located on San Antonio's south side, is a 1,246 acre campus with approximately 350 acres available for immediate development. Brooks City-Base boasts approximately 2 million square-feet of laboratory, office, and light industrial space.

As the owner and developer, the Brooks Development Authority, offers a variety of financial assistance programs to encourage business attraction and expansion.

While the Air Force maintains its presence as a major tenant, DPT Laboratories, Inc., Earth Tech, the Challenger Learning Center, the new Emergency Operating Center and the Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering Public School represent tenants that have located their operations at Brooks City-Base.