A new housing tower at Camp Walker, South Korea, includes 60 three-bedroom, 26 four-bedroom and four five-bedroom apartments. (Rachel Napolitan/U.S. Army)
A new housing tower opened recently on Camp Walker, providing 90 additional units for households serving in Daegu, about 150 miles south of Seoul.
The tower, which includes 60 three-bedroom, 26 four-bedroom and four five-bedroom apartments, is the last of four built for Walker residents, the Army said in a Feb. 29 news release.
The first tower broke ground in 2015; the last in 2020, U.S. Army Garrison Daegu spokesman Phil Molter said by email Tuesday. All four towers cost nearly $250 million to build.
Walker is part of U.S. Army Garrison Daegu, which includes Camps George, Henry and Carroll. The base has a nine-hole golf course along with a commissary and post exchange.
A new 90-unit housing tower opens at Camp Walker, South Korea, on Feb. 29, 2024. (Rachel Napolitan/U.S. Army)
“This fourth tower completes this phase of providing quality, modern housing for service members and their families in Area IV/USAG Daegu,” Molter said.
The apartments come with hardwood floors, laundry rooms and storage areas, according to the release. Five units on the first floor were built to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The towers represent the Army’s “commitment and investment in soldier and family quality of life,” Brig. Gen. Frederick Crist, head of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, said in the release.
Roughly 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, most of them at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, about 115 miles north of Walker.
Humphreys opened three family housing towers in 2022. That $135 million project for 216 households had been in the works since 2017.
