Service Area · Gateway to JBSA-Randolph
Commercial Construction
In Universal City, TX
Building In Universal City
Why Universal City Is Building
Universal City grew up around Randolph Field, and its next chapter is a $150 million mixed-use redevelopment at Loop 1604. GRAMS brings disciplined commercial construction to a city built on discipline.
Universal City's main street, Pat Booker Road, runs straight to the gate of JBSA-Randolph, and the base has anchored the city's economy since Randolph Field opened in 1931. Today the city is largely built out, which means growth comes from redevelopment, infill, and making the most of its remaining land.
The centerpiece is a city- and EDC-owned 43-acre site near Loop 1604 and Byrd, the last vacant parcel of its size in the city, planned as a roughly $150 million public-private development with retail, industrial, multifamily, and senior living alongside a new 10-acre park. Northeast Lakeview College, Olympia Hills Golf Course, and a strong retail base along Pat Booker round out the market.
GRAMS understands infill. We work cleanly inside occupied buildings, phase work around operating businesses, and bring the same engineered approach to a tenant finish-out that we bring to a new steel building. Universal City is a few minutes from our San Antonio office.
Capabilities
What We Build In Universal City
The same six disciplines we deliver across Texas, priced and scheduled for Universal City's sites, codes, and trade market.
Metal Building Systems
Welded red-iron and pre-engineered steel structures for commercial, industrial, and agricultural use, erected to engineered standards.
Explore 02Concrete & Sitework
Structural foundations, slabs, stem walls, paving, curbs, and heavy-duty yards, engineered for Texas soils and Texas weather.
Explore 03Commercial Interiors
Office finish-outs and tenant improvements: framing, Level 4 drywall, paint, ceilings, doors, and hardware, delivered punch-ready.
Explore 04General Contracting
Single-point delivery of complete commercial projects, coordinating trades, schedule, quality, and safety under one contract.
Explore 05Preconstruction & Estimating
Document analysis, quantity takeoffs, market-priced estimates, and permitting research that set a project up before boots hit the ground.
Explore 06Project Controls & Closeout
Schedules of values, pay applications, daily logs, RFI and change tracking, and a clean closeout package on every job.
ExploreLocal Knowledge
How We Work In Universal City
Every market has its own permitting path, its own logistics, and its own pace. We plan for Universal City's before the first estimate goes out.
Permitting & Codes
Universal City's Development Services Department, through its Building and Inspections division, issues commercial permits, reviews plans, and performs occupancy inspections. The city enforces the 2021 International Codes with local amendments and processes applications and contractor registration through its online permitting portal. We manage all of it under our general contract.
Site Logistics
Infill and redevelopment sites along Pat Booker Road and Loop 1604 have limited laydown and active neighbors. Our logistics plans stage material just in time, protect existing pavement and utilities, and sequence work so businesses next door stay open. Flight-path proximity to Randolph is checked for crane and height planning.
Market Awareness
We track the Loop 1604 and Byrd redevelopment, retail turnover along Pat Booker Road, and the city's Planned Unit Development approvals because they define the next wave of construction. The city's AICUZ partnership with JBSA-Randolph is a standing item on our preconstruction checklist.
FAQ
Universal City Questions, Answered
Does GRAMS do tenant improvements in Universal City?
Yes. Office, retail, and medical finish-outs in occupied buildings are a core part of our interiors work, delivered with clean jobsites and schedules that protect neighboring tenants.
Who issues commercial building permits in Universal City?
The Development Services Department's Building and Inspections division. The city enforces the 2021 IBC and related codes with local amendments and uses an online portal for applications and contractor registration.
Do you build near JBSA-Randolph?
Yes. Universal City borders the base, and we account for Air Installation Compatible Use Zone requirements, including height and noise considerations, during design and logistics planning.
Planning A Project In Universal City?
Send us the plans, the site, or just the idea. We'll price it from real takeoffs and tell you what it takes to build it right.