The $125 million complex in San Antonio is expected to feature an apartment complex, retirement village, nine-hole golf course open to the public, and an indoor sports facility known as the “Valordome.”

The former Pecan Valley Golf Course in San Antonio is just a month away from beginning its long-awaited transformation into the Valor Club, a $125 million complex that will provide housing, top-notch sports facilities and recreational grounds to disabled veterans, the San Antonio (Texas) Express-News reported.

Valor Club founder Dan Pedrotti said his organization—a pending nonprofit that’s partnered with the First Tee and San Antonio Sports—had been in a “holding pattern” for months, waiting on city approval and funding for the project. When completed, the Valor Club is expected to feature a 252-unit apartment complex, retirement village, nine-hole golf course open to the public but adapted for disabled users, and an indoor sports facility known as the “Valordome” that will be certified as a training center for Paralympic athletes, among other amenities, the Express-News reported.

Now, Pedrotti says that a local real estate company, Homespring Realty Services, is taking charge of the apartment complex, known as Masters Ranch, and plans to start construction in August or early September, the Express-News reported.

“We are thrilled to move this project forward,” said Pedrotti, who pointed out that about a third of the apartments would be fully adapted for tenants with physical disabilities. “This is going to be a phenomenal place of healing. About 80 percent of our wounded (military personnel) coming back from Iraq end up stopping in San Antonio.”

Valor Club representatives weren’t able to give a timetable or funding information for future stages of the complex’s development, noting that the organization continues to raise funds through a mix of private donors and grants, the Express-News reported.

But development on the golf course, which was shut down by Foresight Golf in 2012, has been a contentious issue. Failure to preserve the original course played a large role in the ouster of District 3 Councilwoman Leticia Ozuna; her successor, Rebecca Viagran, has yet to take a firm stance on Valor Club efforts, the Express-News reported.

The Pecan Valley Neighborhood Association has repeatedly opposed the Valor Club before the city council. Several representatives of the organization declined to comment, the Express-News reported.

Homespring Realty Services President Mike Hogan said that his company has garnered support from area veterans. “We’ve worked closely with VFW 837 and other Region 20 (VFWs), and those (guys) have already expressed their support,” Hogan said.

VFW 837 Spokesman Leo Silva confirmed that his post was behind the Valor Club’s efforts. “They support us and we support them,” Silva explained. “This is going to be an economic boost to the immediate South Side area, and it’s going to be veteran-friendly.”

Beyond the impact on local veterans, Pedrotti said that the Valor Club will provide far more of an economic benefit to the area than its predecessor did, the Express-News reported.

“Pecan Valley provided 21 jobs at the old course,” Pedrotti pointed out. “Those were low-paying jobs. The Valor Club, that’s going to be 300 jobs—jobs in physical therapy or the medical community that are high-paying.”