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Incoming sports bar McIntyre’s drawing concerns from some in San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood

March 24, 2022 By Ben Olivo 55 Comments

The future home of McIntyre's, a sports bar from Houston, rests on land bound by South Presa, Clauda and South St. Mary's streets. March 9, 2022.

Though it has yet to take shape, McIntyre’s, a Houston-based sports bar, has already ruffled the feathers of some in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Filed Under: Architecture, Business, Development, Food & Drink, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail, South Presa, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bar Ludivine, Braun Enterprises, Brian McIntyre, Chase McIntyre, Hands Down, King William, Kyle Berg, Lavaca, Lavaca Historic District, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, McIntyre’s, Melissa Stendahl, Nick Melde, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Taco Haven, The Haven Southtown, We Are Southtown

SAHA sees end in sight for Victoria Commons development in Lavaca

October 22, 2021 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

The last phases of the Victoria Commons master planned community in the Lavaca neighborhood south of downtown could be built on these vacant pieces of land.

Last month, the San Antonio Housing Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with homeowners on Leigh Street who had opposed two apartment buildings planned on vacant land facing Interstate 37 due to concerns about traffic and drainage.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Lavaca, San Antonio Housing Authority, Southtown Tagged With: Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, City Council, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Lavaca, Leigh Street, McMonigal Place, Refugio Street, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Tim Alcott, Vicki Perkins, Victoria Commons, Victoria Courts, Walter Wilson

Lavaca neighborhood residents voice concern over planned 7-Eleven

May 29, 2021 By Valeria Torrealba 2 Comments

These signs can be seen up and down Florida and Carolina streets in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Residents of the Lavaca neighborhood are voicing their displeasure with a 7-Eleven gas station that’s planned for a 1-acre plot of land along Interstate 37 between Florida and Carolina streets.

Filed Under: Development, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Retail, Southtown Tagged With: 7-Eleven, Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, GrayStreet Partners, HDRC, Hilda Juarez, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lavaca, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, Susan Richardson, Verdad Real Estate & Construction Services

SAHA’s plan for Victoria Commons in Lavaca moves forward, but with less density

April 3, 2021 By Richard Webner 53 Comments

The Victoria Commons master planned community by the San Antonio Housing Authority.

In an effort to allay concerns of Lavaca residents, the San Antonio Housing Authority has greatly reduced the density of housing at its Victoria Commons master community from a plan it proposed last year.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Lavaca, San Antonio Housing Authority, Southtown Tagged With: Artisan Park Townhome Homeowners Association, Catellus, Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HPARC, Interstate 37, Jacob Davis, Lavaca, Leigh Street, Omar Gonzalez, PFC, Public facility corporation, Refugio Street, Roberto Treviño, Rose Anzel, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Selsa Gonzalez, Tim Alcott, Victoria Commons, Victoria Courts, Zoning Commission

City commission approves Rosario’s new restaurant despite campaign led by Maverick owner

March 17, 2021 By Richard Webner 3 Comments

A mobilization on social media failed to keep the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission (HRDC) from approving a plan to build a new Rosario’s restaurant, which would all but enclose the patio of neighboring Maverick Texas Brasserie.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Lavaca, Southtown Tagged With: Acenar, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Douglas Architects, El Mirador, F.L. Dixon, Gabriel Q. Velasquez, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, King William Garden House, Lisa Wong, Maverick Texas Brasserie, Peter Selig, Pig Liquors, Rosario's, Scott W. Carpenter

Maverick Texas Brasserie owner attempts to thwart size of Rosario’s new Southtown restaurant

March 9, 2021 By Emily Drisch 4 Comments

The owner of Maverick Brasserie is mounting a last-second fight against the size of Rosario’s new restaurant.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Southtown

Construction begins on Labor Street mixed-income apartments in Lavaca

February 3, 2021 By Ben Olivo 10 Comments

In December, the San Antonio Housing Authority broke ground on a 213-unit, mixed-income apartment community in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Lavaca, San Antonio Housing Authority, Southtown Tagged With: 100 Labor Street, Artisan Park, Franklin Development Company, Hope VI, HUD, Labor Street, Lavaca, Refugio Place, San Antonio Housing Authority, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Victoria Commons

Rosario’s plan to demolish majority of San Antonio’s El Mirador building receives first approval

December 4, 2020 By Brigid Cooley 3 Comments

Restaurateur Lisa Wong received conceptual approval from a city commission on Wednesday to demolish most of the old El Mirador building on South St. Mary’s Street so she can build a new home for Southtown staple Rosario’s.

Filed Under: Architecture, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Lavaca, Southtown Tagged With: Andrew Douglas, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Douglas Architects, El Mirador, F.L. Dixon House, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jeffrey Fetzer, King William Garden House, King William Neighborhood Association, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, Lisa Wong, Margaret Leeds, Maverick Texas Brasserie, Office of Historic Preservation, Patti Zaointz, Pig Liquors, Rosario's

Rosario’s new Southtown digs to feature larger dining spaces, rooftop terrace

November 13, 2020 By Ben Olivo 7 Comments

Restauranteur Lisa Wong has confirmed plans to demolish the former El Mirador restaurant building in Southtown and build a new restaurant space, where she will move her popular Rosario’s.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Lavaca, Southtown

Ongoing since the Clinton administration, Victoria Commons final phases draw new concerns from Lavaca neighborhood

November 1, 2020 By Heron Staff 50 Comments

Kids play basketball at the Labor Street Park in October 2020.

As the San Antonio Housing Authority prepares to finish the Victoria Commons development in the Lavaca neighborhood, 20 years in the making, the agency is once again fielding concerns from the neighborhood.

Filed Under: Deep Dive, Development, Housing, Lavaca, San Antonio Housing Authority, Southtown

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