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Richard Webner

Out of Reach: Why San Antonio can’t get a grip on its affordable housing crisis

December 28, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

With construction costs and interest rates soaring, San Antonio developers are struggling to make the numbers work for their affordable housing projects.

Filed Under: Development, Housing Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Alazán-Apache Courts, Bexar County, Cattleman Square Lofts, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Charles A. Gonzalez Senior Community, City of San Antonio, Debra Guerrero, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Ivy Taylor, Jennifer Gonzalez, Mark Carmona, NRP Group, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Pete Alanis, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Victoria Courts, Viento Apartments

GrayStreet sells key Southtown retail strip to Austin firm

December 27, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The retail strip at South Alamo and South St. Mary's streets was recently sold in November 2022 by San Antonio developer Kevin Covey to an Austin firm.

A popular Southtown retail strip, home to Pharm Table, Mixtli and Brown Coffee Co., has been sold to an Austin firm.

Filed Under: Retail, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Weissman, Brown Coffee Co., Christopher Grossman, GrayStreet Partners, Ironwood Real Estate, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Midway, Mixtli, Peter French, Pharm Table, Renaissance Tower, Southtown, Southtown Junction LP, State Life Insurance Company, Texas Highway Patrol Museum, Tower Life, Travis Park Plaza

San Antonio Missions investor purchased land in May near potential baseball stadium site

November 8, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

In May 2022, the property at 803 S. Medina St., north of the Guadalupe Street bridge, was purchased by a partnership managed by Bruce Hill, one of the investors buying the San Antonio Missions baseball team.

A partnership managed by Bruce Hill, one of the investors buying the San Antonio Missions double-A baseball team, purchased property on the near West Side in May, nearly adjacent to a site highlighted in a 2016 report as a suitable spot for a downtown baseball stadium.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: AK Gillis & Sons I Ltd., Artpace San Antonio, Barrett Sports Group, Bruce Hill, CCDO, Center City Development and Operations Department, Centro San Antonio, Chilton Real Estate – Medina LP, City of San Antonio, Frank D. Wing Municipal Court Building, Graham Weston, Guadalupe Street, Kelly Saunders, Lone Star Materials, Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium, Riley Robinson, Roger Hill, San Antonio, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, South Frio Street, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

Property resulting from Hays Street Bridge dispute in San Antonio has new owner

August 17, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

This 2-acre property at 223 S. Cherry St. just north of the Alamodome was transferred to developer Mitch Meyer in 2019 by the City Council as the final city action in the Hays Street Bridge saga.

A shell company led by local developer Cory Stehr has purchased a property next to the Alamodome that resulted from the Hays Street Bridge dispute.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, East Downtown, East Side, Hays Street Bridge, Transactions Tagged With: 1902 Nightclub, 223 S. Cherry St., Alamo Beer Co., Alamodome, Berkley V. and Vincent M. Dawson Park, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Cherry X Commerce, City Council, City of San Antonio, Cory Stehr, David Adelman, Don Thomas, Erika Ragsdale, Eugene Simor, Hays Street Bridge, Hays Street Bridge Restoration Group, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Leeds building, Michael Jersin, Mitch Meyer, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Sunset Station, Texas Supreme Court, The Espee

Austin firm Sabot Development invests in historic San Antonio West Side building

July 19, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The former National Grocery Company building at 421 N. Medina St. in west downtown was recently purchased by Sabot Development of Austin.

Sabot Development of Austin is setting its sights on the Cattleman Square area on San Antonio’s near West Side—one of the most blighted areas of the urban core.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Transactions, VIA Metropolitan Transit, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Bexar County Adult Detention Center, Cattleman Square, David Adelman, DreamOn Group, Ed Cross, Grand building, Hemisfair, Jim Young, Lorraine Pulido, Mira, National Grocer Company building, North Frio, Rene Garcia, Rich Book building, Sabot Development, The '68, UTSA, VIA Centro Plaza, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Whitt Printing Building

Bexar County commissioners advance The Link project despite concerns about no city support

July 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

An area of west downtown envisioned as a connection for The Link to San Pedro Creek.

On Tuesday morning, concerns over whether the city of San Antonio would support The Link project led to sparring between Bexar County commissioners, who voted 3-2 to approve a $2 million feasibility study.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Parks & Plazas, River Walk, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, West Downtown Tagged With: Al Groves, Chuck Brehm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Justin Rodriguez, Kerry Averyt, Marialyn Barnard, Mario Bravo, Mission Reach, Museum Reach, Nelson Wolff, Rebeca Clay-Flores, River Walk, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio River Authority, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, Tommy Calvert, Vickrey & Associates, Weston Urban

Nirenberg, Wolff: San Antonio business leaders interested in buying Missions

July 8, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks at a ground breaking ceremony for 300 Main, the 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner North Main Avenue and East Travis Street on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Several local business leaders are interested in buying stakes in the San Antonio Missions baseball team, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and County Judge Nelson Wolff said in separate interviews, while declining to say who the leaders were.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, San Pedro Creek, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Elmore Sports Group, Freeman Coliseum, Jeremy Sneed, Major League Baseball, Mario Bravo, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, Nelson Wolff, Peter J. Holt, Randy Smith, River Walk, Roy Bragg, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, Tommy Calvert, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

A stadium or a new waterway? Leaders present competing visions for site in west downtown San Antonio

July 1, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Convent Park River Walk entrance at Convent and Augusta streets is where The Link could begin and head west, connecting to the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

Two envisioned projects for west downtown—The Link from County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and a sports stadium by Weston Urban —could be competing head-to-head.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Parks & Plazas, River Walk, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, Sports, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Al Groves, Alamodome, Artpace, AT&T Center, Bexar County, Brenda Vickrey Johnson, Chuck Brehm, City of San Antonio, Clayton Perry, Decade of Downtown, Graham Weston, Mario Bravo, Monica Trevino-Ortega, Nelson Wolff, Randy Smith, Riley Robinson, River Walk, SAISD, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio—Toyota Field, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Teri Castillo, Tommy Calvert, Vickrey & Associates, Weston Urban

Exclusive: Weston Urban pursuing land for potential sports stadium in downtown San Antonio

June 30, 2022 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

Property in the foreground, at the corner of North Flores and West Martin streets, are being eyed for a stadium by developer Weston Urban. June 29, 2022.

Weston Urban has lately approached at least two entities that own property near San Pedro Creek seeking to buy their land while mentioning plans to build a sports stadium.

Filed Under: Development, San Pedro Creek, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alamodome, American GI Forum, Artpace San Antonio, Barrett Sports Group, Bernard Toomey, Bexar County, Fox Tech High School, Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Institute of Texas Cultures, Jeremy Sneed, John Toomey, Kedrick Wright, Monica Ramos, Randy Smith, Riley Robinson, River Walk, SAISD, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, The Rand, Tommy Calvert, Toomey Family Limited Partnership, Weston Urban, Wolff Stadium

Indiana company scales up hotel tower planned for South Alamo in downtown San Antonio

June 25, 2022 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

White Lodging of Merrillville, Indiana, has submitted plans to build a 347-room, 10-story boutique hotel at 423 S. Alamo St.

White Lodging is now planning a 10-story hotel tower facing Hemisfair’s Yanaguana Garden that includes a rooftop pool and bar, and a street-level steakhouse.

Filed Under: Development, Hotels, South Alamo Tagged With: HDRC, Hemisfair, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, HKS, Kimpton, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, La Villita, Marriott Plaza, Mike Banas, Office of Historic Preservation, South Alamo Street, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, White Lodging, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Hospitality

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