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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

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: 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

Fort Worth developer closer to building 340 apartments near San Antonio’s St. Paul Square

May 30, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is planning to build a 340-unit apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown. Renderings sent to the HDRC on May 16, 2022.

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is close to purchasing a 4.7-acre property at 1220 E. Commerce St. in San Antonio, Texas, for a 340-unit, five-story apartment building.

Filed Under: Architecture, Commerce Street, Development, Development Explorer, East Downtown, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden by Best Western, Brandon Behrens, Cherry X Commerce, David Adelman, G.J. Sutton, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Merchants Ice complex, Quadrant Investment Properties, REATA Real Estate, RK Group, St. Paul Square, Staybridge Suites, Sunset Station, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Espee, Vaquero Ventures, Weinritter Realty

Austin developer not seeking incentives for Probandt apartments in San Antonio’s Lone Star District

May 28, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

This waste paper recycling center at 400 Probandt St. is slated to become an apartment development by Austin developer OHT Partners.

A 310-unit apartment building by Austin developer OHT Partners, at 400 Probandt St., was granted final approval by the city’s design commission earlier this month.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, BFI Waste Systems of North America, Cabot Chase, Federal International Recycling and Waste Solutions, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jackson Simons, JoNa Real Estate LLC of Dallas, Kay Hindes, Lone Star District, Mission Reach, Nesta Anderson, Office of Historic Preservation, OHT Partners, Pape-Dawson Engineers, Probandt Apartments, San Antonio River, San Pedro Acequia, Southtown, The Flats at Big Tex

Developer’s plan to build 8 homes in Dignowity Hill sent back to drawing board

March 10, 2022 By Ben Olivo 6 Comments

A single-family home development called CherryCourt. is being planned by Mint Development of San Antonio for two vacant lots on the 1000 block of North Cherry Street in Dignowity Hill Historic District on the near East Side. This rendering shows the view from Cherry Street.

A new project called CherryCourt, eight 2-story homes in Dignowity Hill, was recently rejected by the Historic and Design Review Commission.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: CherryCourt, Conservation Society, Cory Edwards, Dignowity Hill, Dignowity Hill Historic District, Gabriel Q. Velasquez, Hays Street Bridge, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, James H. Cervantes, Jeffrey Fetzer, Mint Development, Monica Savino, North Cherry Street, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Ricardo Turrubiates, Scott W. Carpenter, Terramark Urban Homes, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, Ziga Architecture Group

Fort Worth developer planning to build 342 apartments in east downtown San Antonio

January 19, 2022 By Ben Olivo 71 Comments

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is planning to build a 340-unit apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Fort Worth developer Vaquero Ventures received conceptual approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday on its envisioned 342-unit, five-story apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Building Explorer, Commerce Street, Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Downtown, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden by Best Western, Alamodome Gardens, Ashley Farrimond, Brandon Behrens, Cherry X Commerce, David Adelman, Denver Heights, Dignowity Hill, Griffin & Farrimond, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Killen, Merriman Anderson Architects, Quadrant Investment Properties, REATA Real Estate, RK Group, St. Paul Square, Sunset Station, Sunset Station Train Depot, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Baldwin, The Espee, Valerie Cortez, Vaquero Ventures, VelocityTX, Vidorra

Bakke Development granted approval for Southtown ice house concept

January 17, 2022 By Ben Olivo 56 Comments

Bakke Development is planning a mixed-use retail project at 207 Roosevelt Ave., that includes an ice house, office space, and potentially a restaurant. Renderings go before the Historic and Design Review Commission on Jan. 19, 2022.

Local developer Bakke Development Corp.’s plan for an ice house and retail complex on a prominent intersection in Southtown goes before the Historic and Design Review Commission this week.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Retail, San Antonio River, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bakke Development Corp., Brandt Bakke, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star Brewery, Meier Bros. Monuments, Mission Reach, San Antonio River

Pearl set to expand across river, into Samuels Glass building after commission approvals

November 4, 2021 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

The Samuel Glass Co. building at 221 Newell Ave. is slated to be renovated into the Market at Pearl.

The Pearl is poised to undergo its greatest expansion in years after the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission approved three projects at its Wednesday meeting.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Cellars at Pearl, Clayton Korte, Elmira Apartments, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Market at Pearl, Newell Avenue, Pearl, Pearl Stable, Samuels Glass Co. building, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures, Southline Residences, Stephen Williams

Market at Pearl planned for former Samuels Glass Co. building

November 1, 2021 By Ben Olivo 10 Comments

Silver Ventures is planning to restore the former Samuel's Glass Building into a market. Renderings for Nov. 3 HDRC meeting.

Silver Ventures, the developer behind the Pearl, is planning to restore the former Samuels Glass Co. building, 221 Newell Ave., into a market that will include four restaurants and a bar.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Food & Drink, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Pearl Tagged With: Bartlett Cocke, Bill Shown, Clayton Korte, Fox Motel, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lawrence Samuels, LP, Pearl, Rio Perla Properties, Samuels Glass Co., Silver Ventures, Southline apartments

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