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

June 6, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

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

Cattle drive kicks off rodeo season in San Antonio

February 5, 2022 By Heron Staff 67 Comments

The annual Western Heritage Parade & Cattle Drive takes place on Houston Street in downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Feb. 5, 2022.

This morning, several hundred spectators lined Houston Street downtown for the annual Western Heritage Parade and Cattle Drive.

Filed Under: Events, Houston Street, Photos Tagged With: Houston Street, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Caisson, San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Stock Show & Rodeo, Texas Heritage Riders, Western Heritage Parade and Cattle Drive

GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized

January 20, 2022 By Richard Webner 55 Comments

The 300 block of East Houston Street includes the Vogue, Grant and Kress buildings.

In 2015, GrayStreet Partners announced it had purchased several iconic buildings on East Houston Street, and spoke of the corridor’s rebirth. Nearly seven years later, the local developer has been selling off its assets as it shifts focus, and capital, to other projects.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Historic Preservation, Houston Street, Office, Retail, Streets & Sidewalks, Tech District, Transactions Tagged With: Adam Neumann, Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood, Broadway East, CBRE, City of San Antonio, David Adelman, David and José Cáceres, Decade of Downtown, East Houston Street, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Frost Bank, Frost Bros., Frost Tower, Fulcrum Development, Geekdom, Graham Weston, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street, Houston Street TIRZ, Ivy Taylor, Julián Castro, Kevin Covey, Kress building, La Panadería, Lone Star Brewery, Maryland, Mercado Roma, Mixtli, Neisner's, Nick Longo, Peter French, Pharm Table, Presa Street Bridge, River Walk, Rockville, Scott Herbold, Texas de Brazil, Travis Park Plaza, Vogue building, W Hotel, Walgreens building, West Houston Street, Weston Urban, WeWork, Wolff & Marx

Alameda Theater restoration poised to resume as new mural is unveiled

October 21, 2021 By Benjamin Gonzalez 2 Comments

The restoration of the Alameda Theater at 318 W. Houston St. is set to resume soon.

A small crowd of more than 20 people gathered outside the Alameda Theater on West Houston Street recently to view the unveiling of a new, five-part mural project by local artist Alan Calvo.

Filed Under: Alameda Theater, Art, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Houston Street, West Downtown Tagged With: Alameda Theater, Alameda Theater Conservancy, Alan Calvo, Alberto Alegre, Amor Eterno, Antonio Aguilar, Art Everywhere, Bexar County, Cantinflas, Centro San Antonio, City of San Antonio, Houston Street TIRZ, Isabel Marie Sanchez, Lola Beltran, Maria Felix, Trey Jacobson, Vicente Fernandez

Data strategist for Trump campaign buys land by VelocityTX on near East Side

May 19, 2021 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

Work continues on the second phase of bioscience incubator VelocityTX at 1305 E. Houston St.

A former strategist for the Trump campaign’s data team has purchased 0.75 acres of property on East Houston Street, across the street from the VelocityTX bioscience incubator on the near East Side, with a partner.

Filed Under: Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Houston Street, Office, Tech Tagged With: Brad Parscale, Cambridge Analytica, CloudCommerce, Concentric Oil and Gas, Concentric Properties, Data Propria, David Adelman, HUMN Behavior, Matthew Oczkowski, Merchants Ice complex, Randy Harig, REATA Real Estate, St. Paul Square, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, TRTF, Trump, VelocityTX, William Ditto

San Antonio’s newest distillery, Devils River Whiskey, set to debut on East Houston

March 15, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr. 3 Comments

Devils River Whiskey is finally set to open on Wednesday inside the Burns building at 401 E. Houston St. The distillery is also relocating its headquarters from Dallas.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Houston Street, Retail

Devils River, San Antonio’s newest distillery, to open with rooftop venue and tasting room in January

December 5, 2020 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Devils River Whiskey is located inside the Burns building, 401 E. Houston St.

More than two years after announcing plans to relocate to San Antonio, Devils River Distillery has finally confirmed it will open a downtown headquarters and tasting room in January.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Houston Street Tagged With: Burns building, Devils River Distillery, East Houston Street, Mike Cameron

Analysis: What’s to become of WeWork on Houston Street amid company turmoil?

October 6, 2019 By Ben Olivo 69 Comments

Workers continue to work on the Grant building, which, along with the adjacent Kress building, are being refurbished into office space. Photo by Ben Olivo | Heron

The renovation of the Grant and Kress buildings continues in preparation for WeWork’s move in. But it’s hard to ignore the company’s turmoil.

Filed Under: Development, Houston Street, Office

Alameda Theater’s $20M rehab plans get green light

October 3, 2019 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

The renovation plans for the circa-1949 Alameda Theater, which has been closed since the 1980s, received final approval Wednesday. Construction work is scheduled to begin the first quarter of 2020, and end in May 2021.

Filed Under: Alameda Theater, Development, Houston Street

CommonWealth Coffee opens third downtown location

May 31, 2019 By Ben Olivo 4 Comments

For about a month, CommonWealth Coffee & Bakery has been operating its third downtown location inside the Burns building on Houston Street.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Houston Street, Retail

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