The Durango Apartments, a 13-story luxury tower planned for the northeast corner of South St. Mary’s Street and César E. Chávez Boulevard, is due to receive a 10-year, 40-percent tax abatement worth $349,475 from Bexar County. The award will go to Wimberley developer Tim Proctor and his company Laney Development Group, which is building the […]
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At 120 Ninth Street, rents start at $1,300
If you needed another reminder that “market rate” is another term for “luxury” in the downtown, take a jaunt to the Museum Reach and look at what has gone up next to the VFW Post 76 at Ninth Street and the San Antonio River. This is 120 Ninth Street, a 220-unit apartment building by Indianapolis-based […]
UTSA moving on mission to expand downtown campus
A University of Texas at San Antonio downtown campus with more buildings, taller buildings, all clustered together. Not just on the main square-shaped campus that’s flanked by I-35/I-10 and South Frio Street, Buena Vista Street and César E. Chávez Boulevard, but on the Cattleman’s Square lot to the north and the College of Architecture property […]
St. John’s Square would offer workforce housing near La Villita
A parking lot near La Villita, primarily owned by St. John’s Lutheran Church, could end up as the site of an eight-story, mixed-use apartment building — a combination of workforce and market-rate units, retail space and a rooftop pool. Austin developer Dennis McDaniel, who built the Steel House Lofts, is partnering with the San Antonio […]
County: $13.9M garage will help meet parking demand
On Wednesday, a new Bexar County parking garage planned for a lot just south of the courthouse gained preliminary approval from the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission. The $13.9 million, eight-floor garage will add 750 spaces to an area of downtown that’s quickly being developed. Two projects already underway — Encore SoFlo by Dallas-based Encore Enterprises […]
Affordable housing near Pearl obtains crucial funding, land
The Alamo Community Group (ACG), a local nonprofit developer of affordable housing, today closed on two properties on which rare downtown affordable housing will be built. The $17.5 million project, known as the Museum Reach Lofts, totals 94 units and will sit on a .6-acre piece of land on the southeast corner of North St. […]
Green space options offered in Fox Tech plan
Maintaining green space at Fox Tech is among the top priorities for parents and students as San Antonio ISD officials continue to plan its new headquarters slated for the campus’ football field. On Wednesday night at Fox Tech, SAISD superintendent Pedro Martinez (above) presented two options to the public that show multi-purpose green space encircled […]
USAA’s ‘downtown campus’ taking shape
USAA doubled its downtown workforce Monday by adding more than 270 tech employees into One Riverwalk Place, 700 N. St. Mary’s St. The employees join 200 USAA employees already working at the building, which the company purchased in 2013. Currently, USAA is renovating four floors of the adjacent 28-story building at 300 Convent, formerly known […]
13-story Presa Street tower gets final approval
A plan to build a 13-story apartment tower at 421 S. Presa St. was given final approval by the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday. The project will consist of 73 units, said Wimberley developer Tim Proctor, who spoke briefly with reporters after the item was approved. Proctor did not give many details on […]
Future of North St. Mary’s Street condo project in flux
The Tobin Hill neighborhood just north of downtown could see major changes if a local developer looking to build condo towers can convince residents and City Council to support a zoning variance. On the southwest corner of North St. Mary’s and East Euclid streets, four houses and a former boxing gym, Team Alcoser A&G Boxing, […]