LAST UPDATE: 1/17/2005 9:02:39 PM
Posted By: CyberBob

If walls and ceilings in our San Antonio Living Concept Homes could talk, they’d reveal a lot of cool gadgets that can be incorporated into your home.

Tim Smoot, President of Smoot Electric, is carrying on a family tradition.

“I learned the trade working with my dad and I moved on from there,” Tim explains.

A company leader since 1989 and an electrician since the age of 15, Tim attributes the incredible growth of his company over the last 16 years to high standards built on quality and impeccable service.

“Being on time and the quality,” he says.

Smoot Electric provides wiring for the new construction of homes and businesses, in addition to remodeling work. They also have 24-hour service for anyone with a problem.

“If there happens to be a fire safety hazard overnight or on a Sunday, say if somebody plugs something in and it shorts out and starts to smolder a bit, they can call us out,” says Tim. “We try to respond within 45 minutes of the phone call.”

Smoot Electric also specializes in exciting advancements for your home, including security systems that - through a television - show you what’s happening in other rooms and even outside.

“If a homeowner is in the kitchen and they want to keep an eye on their children and the TV set across the room, they don’t have to worry about going outside and looking out the window,” says Tim. “They can do picture in a picture and turn on the security camera and watch the children and watch the TV.”

In addition, Smoot is known for setting up incredible surround-sound systems that makes your home feel more like a movie theatre.

Tim says no project is too small or big, “We wire anything as small as a doghouse - which we have done on several occasions - to anything as large as multi-story hotels.”

Tim says he uses quality, industry-shaping products from companies like Eaton Cutler Hammer.

“Eaton Cutler Hammer is one of the leading manufacturers for the arc pump circuit breaker and the main reason it came out was to prevent fires, and now it’s part of the national electrical code,” says Tim. “Every home has one.”

Tim’s company will continue to be a leader with quality work and timely service that’s both safe and on the technological edge.

Adolfo Pesquera
Express-News Business Writer

Fairfield Resorts, an Orlando, Fla.-based division of conglomerate Cendant, is buying out Loopy Ltd.’s interest in a 10-story residential project that will be adjacent to La Cascada, downtown’s newest luxury condominium.

Mitch Meyer of Loopy said construction will begin by late March or early April. To be known as Fairfield Resorts at La Cascada, the tower will provide 100 time-share units.

Fairfield Resorts is the largest time-share company in the world with 499,000 families holding interests, but its holdings are predominantly on the East Coast, said Adam Schwartz, a company vice president. It recently started building in places such as Las Vegas, Hawaii and the California coast.

Fairfield has only one other property in Texas, Schwartz said, the Riverside Suites at 218 College St., a property acquired two years ago during the buyout of another time-share company.

“San Antonio is an area that we’d like to aggressively expand in, and we want to start in one of the most popular destinations in the state, the River Walk,” Schwartz said.

Fairfield Resorts signed a definitive purchase agreement with Loopy this week and will close on the property when the tower is completed in late 2006.

Meyer originally intended the tower to be a hotel, but those plans were derailed by the downturn in the hospitality industry after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. With sales strong at La Cascada’s tony units by the San Antonio River, Meyer was moving toward building a second condominium tower when Fairfield Resorts contacted him.

Fairfield’s tower will feature La Plaza, a 14,000-square-foot ground-level retail center.

“La Plaza will be the final jewel in the La Cascada crown,” Meyer said. “It will feature a small urban grocery store, liquor store, dry cleaning drop-off, a restaurant, bar, gift shop and other amenities. It also will have maid services, room service and concierge services for both residential towers.”

Meyer expects the deal will accelerate sales of the remaining 17 condominiums in La Cascada because a number of prospects were waiting for the second tower project to move forward. Loopy has sold 29 of the units and will have residents moving in by Christmas.

“La Cascada will be substantially complete by mid-January,” Meyer said.

By Brian K. Miller
Last updated: December 14, 2004 11:14pm

SAN ANTONIO, TX-Fairfield Resorts of Orlando reveals plans to develop a two-building complex along this city’s Downtown River Walk, a 2.5-mile cobblestone pathway lined with hotels, restaurants, sidewalk cafes and riverboat operators. The project will include 100 timeshare units, 48 luxury condominiums and 14,000 sf of retail.