A historic building at Fort Sam Houston is expected to undergo roughly $40 million in renovations as part of San Antonio’s effort to court a major relocation of jobs from the Defense Health Agency (DHA).

The project has been in the works for years, but local leaders suddenly face mounting pressure to assemble the funding as other jobs look poised to leave.

DHA manages medical enterprise services for the U.S. military around the world and has roughly 130,000 employees across the country, including a headquarters in Falls Church, Va.

Two years ago that gave San Antonio a strategic advantage when the Biden Administration was looking for opportunities to save money, and the Air Force deemed Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston its “preferred location” for a DHA consolidation to che

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