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Richard Webner

Hops & Hounds planning new location on Museum Reach segment of San Antonio’s River Walk

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park, is slated to open at 1123 Avenue B on the Museum Reach, around December 2022.

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park on the Northeast Side, plans to open a second location on the River Walk in north downtown next to Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen.

Filed Under: Avenue B, Business, Food & Drink, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Nightlife, Pets & Animals, River North, River Walk Tagged With: Beaty Palmer Architects, Cavender family, Clint Wynn, Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, Hixon Properties, Hops & Hounds, Jamie Hardaway, Lee Beekly, Mila Coffee, Museum Reach, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, The Soto

Austin entrepreneurs plan to open cluster of bars on North Alamo in downtown San Antonio

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner

An Austin partnership plans to convert this cluster of buildings at 901 N. Alamo St. into four bars.

Two entrepreneurs from Austin plan to add to the growing bar district on North Alamo Street by renovating a cluster of buildings into four bars, including a performance venue.

Filed Under: Business, Nightlife, North Alamo, Transactions Tagged With: Ace Spring Service, Bentley’s Beer Garden, Cavender family, David Adelman, Ed Cross, Grunt Style, Hen House, Hixon Properties, Hudson Crocket Holdings, La Roca Cantina, North Alamo Street, Roadmap Brewing Co., Rouhi Alameddine, Social Spot, The Lucky Duck, The Soto, Tony's Siesta, Wade Nguyen

Francis Bogside building in Southtown San Antonio sold to Austin buyer

June 13, 2022 By Richard Webner

Francis Bogside is located at 803 S. St Mary's St. in San Antonio, Texas.

A partnership that includes a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist from Austin has purchased the retail strip in Southtown that includes the Francis Bogside bar.

Filed Under: Business, Retail, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: &J Heierman Building Ltd., Abe Zimmerman, Arrosti, Bookpeople, Francis Bogside, Heather O’Neill, Judy Provost, King William Professional Group, Southtown, Steve Mahoney, Sweat Equity

Iconic Voodoo Doughnut chain plans first San Antonio store on Houston Street

June 6, 2022 By Richard Webner

The Maverick apartment building is located at 606 N. Presa St., San Antonio, Texas.

Voodoo Doughnut, the iconic Portland, Oregon-based retail chain known for selling donuts with eclectic toppings in pink boxes, has signed a lease to open its first San Antonio store in the location of the Playland pizzeria on Houston Street.

Filed Under: Business, Food & Drink, Houston Street, Retail Tagged With: Chris Schultz, David Adelman, Houston Street, La Panadería, Maverick building, Playland, Stefan Bowers, Voodoo Doughnut, VooDoo Doughnuts

Marriott Tribute brand chosen for Aztec’s boutique hotel

June 1, 2022 By Richard Webner

Part of the Aztec Theater building, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., is scheduled to be turned into a boutique hotel that will include a rooftop restaurant and bar.

Renovation of the Aztec Theater building’s upper floors into a 77-room boutique hotel is expected to begin in August.

Filed Under: Architecture, Aztec Theatre, Historic Preservation, Hotels, River Walk Tagged With: Austin Southpark Hotel, Aztec Family Group, Aztec Theater, Bhavin Patel, Hotel Emma, Magnolia Hotel Houston, Marriott Tribute, Omni Mokara Hotel & Spa, Sam Panchevre, Shreem Capital, The St. Anthony, The Tremont House

Historic Palace Livery Stable turned Artes Graficas print shop sold to San Antonio real estate firm

May 13, 2022 By Richard Webner

The Palace Livery Stable, 115 Camaron St., was recently purchased by real estate firm DJE Texas Management Group of San Antonio.

A local real estate firm plans to move into the historic Palace Livery Stable and Artes Graficas print shop building at 115 Camaron St.

Filed Under: History, Office, San Pedro Creek, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: 300 Main, Alameda Theater, Alvarado & Alvarado, Artes Graficas, Bexar Appraisal District, Central Candy Company, Continental Hotel, Devin Elder, DJE Texas Management Group, DK Realty Advisors, Frost Tower, Harris Bay, Office of Historic Preservation, Palace Livery Stable, Penner’s, San Antonio Police History Archive, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Helix Apartments, Travis Building, UTSA, Weston Urban

GrayStreet buys seven-story Tower Life parking garage

May 10, 2022 By Richard Webner

The parking garage connected to the Tower Life Building was purchased by local developer Graystreet Partners on May 2, 2022

Downtown developer GrayStreet Partners has purchased the parking garage attached to the iconic Tower Life Building from the Zachry family.

Filed Under: Parking, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, CPS Energy, Ed Cross, GrayStreet Partners, Jon Wiegand, Kevin Covey, McCombs, Peter French, River Walk, SA Tower Life LP, Tower Life building, Villita Street, Zachry

Want lower property taxes? A step-by-step guide for protesting your appraisal

May 8, 2022 By Richard Webner

Development has increased around San Antonio’s Government Hill neighborhood over the last few years, resulting in modern out of place seeming homes and condos next to historic family residences as seen on Dec. 30, 2021.

The appraisal process in Bexar County can be confusing to local homeowners who worry about how they’re going to pay their property tax bill. This guide explains how to protest your appraisal for free.

Filed Under: Bexar County Appraisal District, Property Values, Uncategorized Tagged With: Appraisal Review Board, Bexar Appraisal District, Michael Amezquita, Rogelio Sandoval, Texas Comptroller’s Office

How municipal bonds work, and a brief history of them in San Antonio

April 28, 2022 By Richard Webner

What are bonds, exactly? Why does San Antonio pay for infrastructure the way it does? As early voting continues on the $1.2 billion bond package, the Heron answers these questions and others.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Elections, General News, Know Stuff, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 2007-2012 bond, 2012-2017 bond, 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Ben Gorzell, Carver Branch Library, Christine Drennon, City Council, City of San Antonio, Fitch, general obligation bonds, Grand Hyatt, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Henry Cisneros, Heywood Sanders, JP Morgan, Las Palmas Branch Library, Moody’s, Municipal Auditorium, Olmos Dam, Roberto Treviño, S&P, SAMCO Capital, San Antonio, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio River, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Sheryl Sculley, Siebert Williams Shank, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA

As San Antonio mulls $150M affordable housing bond, city celebrates apartments built from 2017 bond

April 25, 2022 By Richard Webner

West End on Frio is a 24-unit apartment complex at 711 S. Frio St. funded in part by the $20 million neighborhood improvements bond of 2017. Photo taken April 22, 2022.

If the $150 million housing bond passes, it will greatly expand the city’s role in creating and preserving affordable housing, but it’s not entirely unprecedented.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing Tagged With: 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Agora Assets LLC, Four25 San Pedro, Franklin Development, Greenline North, LIHTC, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, Neighborhood Improvements bond, NHSD, Office of Recovery Programs, Park at 38Thirty, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Terramark Urban Homes, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, U.S. Department of Treasury, Veronica Soto, West End on Frio

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