When American Airlines began construction on their new Robert L. Crandall campus in 2016, they offered the Credit Union a prime location at the campus’ east entrance on FAA Boulevard.

The timing was perfect as we had outgrown our current headquarters facility and were already exploring off-site locations. With the entirety of the American staff vacating the nearby offices, it made sense to move to where a large portion of our membership was relocating and become a part of American’s “One Campus, One Team” initiative.

Construction began on our new, five-story, 153,000 square-foot facility in August of 2018, and was completed in January of this year. The new location, which is located at 14050 FAA Blvd., will open to our members on Feb. 18. It will house our main Flagship branch and the Flagship Financial Group, but will also serve as our new national headquarters. Our current Flagship branch location will close its doors for good at 6 p.m. Feb. 14.

Our new home will not only give us room to grow but will also incorporate a number of technological improvements that allow us to better serve our members and be much more energy efficient in the process. The building will use less water, incorporate native plants into landscaping, benefit from greywater recycling, generate energy with rooftop solar panels and make use of LED lights that automatically adjust in response to natural daylight.

Throughout the entire move process, everyone at American Airlines Credit Union is working hard to ensure our members can anticipate the same level of service and attentiveness they’ve come to expect from us. While we adjust to our new home, we remain confident that laying down these new roots will allow us, along with our members, to reach new heights together.

By the numbers

Here are some interesting facts and figures about our new headquarters and Flagship branch location.

GENERAL

Floors: Five

Square feet: 153,000

Conference rooms: 17

Light fixtures: 3,000

CONSTRUCTION

Workers involved in overall construction: 250 workers (at the peak)

Amount of concrete used: 11,800 cubic yards

Tons of steel used: 1,200 tons of steel

Feet of data cable: 675,000 (or roughly 128 miles)

Feet of electric wire: 180,000

Ceiling (area) tiles: 11,450 (74,526 square feet)

Square feet of glass used: 70,423 of exterior curtain wall glass

Square feet of wood panel cladding used on exterior: 18,872

Carpet tiles (area) used: 38,140 pieces of carpet tile (117,045 square feet)

Raised access floor tiles (area) used: 29,473 pieces of access floor (109,890 square feet)

Structural piers supporting the building: 123

GREEN AMENITIES

Solar panels on the roof: 579 panels

Electricity produced: Photovoltaic system has a rated capacity of 199 kW with annual electrical production of 296,200 kWh.

Gallons of water recycled by the greywater system annually: 360,485