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Hixon-Cavender partnership plans next phase of Broadway mini-neighborhood

January 13, 2021 By Richard Webner 64 Comments

Next up for the Hixon-Cavender partnership is a food-and-beverage market behind the recently-completed Soto office building on Broadway.

Filed Under: Broadway, Development, Office, River North Tagged With: 2017-2022 bond program, Avenue B, Broadway, Cavender family, CPS Energy, Credit Human, Ford, GrayStreet Partners, Hixon Properties, John Beauchamp, Light Building, NRP Group, Oxbow, Pabst Brewing Co., Powell & Carson, Robert "Dick" Tips, San Antonio Express-News, Silver Ventures, The Flats at River North, the San Antonio Housing Trust PFC

Trailblazing downtown apartment tower wins initial approval from HDRC

December 16, 2020 By Richard Webner 45 Comments

Rendering shows Weston Urban's proposed 32-story tower at 305 Soledad St.

Weston Urban’s plan to build downtown’s tallest residential building, a 32-story apartment tower, took a step forward on Wednesday when a city board granted its design conceptual approval.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Conservation Society of San Antonio, Frost Tower, Geekdom, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, North Main Avenue, Patti Zaiontz, Planning Commission, Rand building, Robert E. Lee Apartments, Soledad Street, Weston Centre, Weston Urban

Analysis: Weston Urban’s high-rise tower ‘blazes the trail’ for downtown growth

November 27, 2020 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

This lot next to the Milam building and Weston Centre could be a 32-story apartment tower by Weston Urban.

The local developer’s proposed 32-story tower will be the tallest residential building downtown by a long shot, bringing a style of high-rise urban living that most major cities can offer, but San Antonio cannot.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: CCDO, CCHIP, Center City Development and Operations Department, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, Ed Cross, Floodgate, Frost Tower, Geekdom, Graham Weston, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Inspire Downtown, Kelly Saunders, Municipal Plaza building, Planning Commission, Randy Smith, Teeple Partners, Veronica Garcia, Vistana, Weston Urban

New England firm buys $52.4M Hotel Contessa on River Walk

November 23, 2020 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

A New England investment firm has purchased the Hotel Contessa luxury River Walk hotel from former owners Silver Ventures and Hixon Properties.

Filed Under: Hotels, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: Hixon Properties, Hotel Contessa, Pearl, River Walk, Silver Ventures, Tim Hodes, Wheelock Street Capital

Austin real estate firm purchases historic office building on downtown River Walk

November 23, 2020 By Richard Webner 57 Comments

This three-story office building on the River Walk sits at 454 Soledad St.

An Austin real estate firm has purchased a three-story historic office building on the River Walk in a fast-growing part of west downtown.

Filed Under: Office, River Walk, Soledad Street, Tech District, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: Convent Street, Henry Cisneros, Lynn Yuan, Mission DG, Opportunity Zone, Real International, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, Soledad Street, Victoria Miramontes, Weston Urban

Dallas developer plans five-story apartment complex as first phase of GrayStreet’s Broadway East community

November 20, 2020 By Richard Webner 74 Comments

Dallas developer Encore Multifamily plans to build a five-story apartment complex as the first phase of GrayStreet Partners’ $560 million Broadway East master-planned community.

Filed Under: Broadway, Development, East Side, Government Hill, Housing, Neighborhoods

Pearl developer Silver Ventures buys full city block on Museum Reach

November 16, 2020 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

This property at 102 E. Josephine St. in San Antonio Texas was purchased by Pearl developer Silver Ventures in September 2020.

The Pearl is primed to grow further north after its developer Silver Ventures purchased a full city block at the limit of the River Walk.

Filed Under: Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, Transactions

Weston Urban plans 32-story apartment tower in downtown tech district

November 15, 2020 By Richard Webner 12 Comments

This property bound by North Main, Soledad, West Pecan and East Travis streets is slated to become a 32-story apartment tower by Weston Urban.

Weston Urban has submitted plans to the city to build a 32-story apartment tower with ground-floor retail a block from Geekdom and the Frost Tower.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Main Avenue, Retail, Soledad Street, Tech, Weston Urban

H-E-B buys River Walk land north of Arsenal headquarters

November 12, 2020 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

This River Walk property at Aubrey Street and East César E. Chávez Boulevard was recently purchased by H-E-B.

H-E-B has purchased a swath of vacant land along the River Walk as part of a robust effort to grow its downtown presence.

Filed Under: César E. Chávez Boulevard, H-E-B, Transactions

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