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Editor Ben Olivo leaving the Heron

December 19, 2022 By Heron Staff 1 Comment

The Heron will go on hiatus beginning Jan. 1, so the organization can regroup.

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Freetail Brewing Co. beer tasting to benefit Heron journalism

December 14, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

The San Antonio Heron and Freetail Brewing Co. are teaming up for a beer tasting event this Thursday in support of local journalism.

Filed Under: Events, Heron Tagged With: Freetail Brewing Co., San Antonio Heron

UTSA receives funding for next Dolorosa building in downtown San Antonio

November 18, 2022 By Heron Staff 1 Comment

UTSA is preparing to design its new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Careers (IEC) building at Dolorosa and South Laredo streets. This renderings is for illustration purposes and does not represent the final design.

UTSA’s $124 million Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Careers (IEC) building, the university’s next phase on Dolorosa, received full funding.

Filed Under: Development, Education, UTSA, West Downtown Tagged With: Bexar County jail, Bruce Hill, Entrepreneurship and Careers building, Gensler, Graham Weston, Innovation, Joe Izbrand, Kimberly Andrews Espy, National Security Collaboration Center, Overland Parters, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, San Pedro I, San Pedro II, School of Data Science, Taylor Eighmy, The University of Texas System Board of Regents, University of Texas at San Antonio, UT Permanent University Fund, UTSA, Weston Urban

Development Profile: 121-room Artista Hotel approved by San Antonio design review commission

November 17, 2022 By Heron Staff 2 Comments

The 121-room Artista Hotel is being planned for 151 E. Travis St., San Antonio, Texas, along the River Walk, by California developer Jake Harris.

The 121-room Artista Hotel planned for a compact property on East Travis Street and the river received final approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hotels, River Walk Tagged With: 300 Main, Artista Hotel, Cory Edwards, CREO Architecture, Harris Bay, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jake Harris, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, Travis Building, Weston Centre, Weston Urban

Saucedo-Herrera to talk downtown San Antonio economy at Heron business mixer

November 10, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

Join us Dec. 6, as Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, president and CEO of greater:SATX, talks about the state of the downtown San Antonio economy.

Filed Under: Events, Heron Tagged With: Center City Network, Cocktails and Conversation, greater:SATX, Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, Mario Ochoa, Sammis|Ochoa Public Relations

Development Explorer: 29-story residential tower, retail center at Hemisfair

October 17, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

A 29-story residential tower and a three-level retail building are planned for East Market Street at Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas, as shown in these renderings submitted for the Oct. 19, 2022, Historic and Design Review Commission meeting. Developer Post Lake Capital Partners of Austin is building the market-rate apartments and retail space.

New Hemisfair renderings show a 29-story, 360-unit apartment tower with a 7-level parking garage and 25,000 square feet of retail space on East Market Street. The plans are up for review this week.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Hemisfair, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Market Street, Parking, Retail, River Walk Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City Council, Civic Park, Decade of Downtown, East Market, FitzGerald Associates Architects, Grand Hyatt, HDRC, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Historic and Design Review Commission, Julián Castro, NCAA Final Four, Post Lake Capital Partners, River Walk, Source Plaza, South Alamo, Zachry Hospitality

Development Profile: UTSA School of Data Science, National Security Collaboration Center

October 16, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

San Pedro Creek Culture Park opens to the public on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, which include a segment next to the future UTSA UTSA School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, 506 Dolorosa, San Antonio, Texas.

UTSA’s School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, 506 Dolorosa, are scheduled to officially open for the spring semester in January.

Filed Under: Development, Education, UTSA, West Downtown Tagged With: Joe Izbrand, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA School of Data Science

Development Profile: AC by Marriott and Element by Westin

October 1, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

The AC by Marriott and Element by Westin at 111 Soledad St., on Sept. 23, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. Scheduled to open Oct. 6.

Winston Hotels, a Raleigh, N.C.-based developer, is scheduled to open an AC by Marriott on Thursday inside conjoined former office towers at 111 Soledad St.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Hotels, Soledad Street Tagged With: 1 Watson, AC by Marriott, Element by Westin, Main Plaza, Mathew A. Jalazo, Primera Partners, Winston Hotels

Pre-construction work set to begin on $92.9M Friedrich Lofts on San Antonio’s East Side

September 23, 2022 By Heron Staff 3 Comments

The Friedrich industrial complex at 1617 E. Commerce St. July 8, 2021.

This month, crews are scheduled to begin the environmental abatement process on the ruinous Friedrich industrial site, preparing it for the mixed-income 358-unit Friedrich Lofts by 2025.

Filed Under: Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: Denver Heights, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Friedrich, Friedrich Air Conditioning Co., Friedrich Lofts, Government Hill, Greystone, HUD, John Miller, Pete Alanis, Provident Realty Advisors, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, South Real Estate Fund

Development Profile: Zachry Hospitality submits design for Hemisfair’s 17-story boutique hotel

September 6, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

Renderings submitted by the Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp. show a 17-story, mixed-use tower to be built at Hemisfair at 222 S. Alamo St. The plans were scheduled to be presented to the Historic and Design Review Commission on Sept. 7, 2022.

The design for Hemisfair’s boutique hotel, an at-times controversial project that has gestates over several years, was given conceptual approval by the the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) without discussion on Wednesday.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hotels, Market Street, South Alamo, Tourism Tagged With: Alamo Plaza, Andres Andujar, Chris Jaworski, City Council, David Zachry, Final Four, H.B. "Pat" Zachry, HDRC, Hemisfair, HemisFair '68, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, Mike Villarreal, Overland Partners, Texas Legislature, Torch of Friendship, World’s Fair, Zachry Hospitality

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