Houston multifamily developer Urban Genesis is tightening its hold on North St. Mary’s Street with the purchase of a 0.6-acre vacant lot, down the street from the San Antonio Museum of Art, where it plans to build apartments.
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Tax subsidy sometimes used for affordable housing redirected to Broadway attractions north of downtown San Antonio
A financial tool used to help fund affordable housing was recently repurposed for the San Antonio Zoo, the Witte Museum, Garden and Brackenridge Park, a move that has some nonprofit developers scratching their heads.
Rising rents, high occupancies signal ‘Decade of Downtown’ in San Antonio has worked, developers say
The downtown San Antonio apartment market, which city leaders went to such great effort to grow, has matured to a point where it is drawing major attention from out-of-town investors.
Olivo: How McKee-Rodriguez’s support for a luxury housing project helps shape the Decade of Downtown
Let’s make one thing clear, the Decade of Downtown in San Antonio is alive and well. It hasn’t expired. And it will continue as long as there are city policies designed to incentivize the production of market-rate housing in the downtown area.
Pearl set to expand across river, into Samuels Glass building after commission approvals
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.
Houston developer Urban Genesis adding 160 apartments around the St. Mary’s Strip
Urban Genesis plans to begin construction in mid-2022 on the apartments, which will be three to four stories tall.
Midtown TIRZ board approves up to $7M for Encore apartments north of downtown San Antonio
The 386-unit, market-rate apartments by Dallas developer Encore Multifamily is the first phase of the Broadway East master-planning community across from the Pearl.
Austin developer gets final approval for 10-story apartment building near Pearl
The project by Sabot Development will consist of 299 market-rate units, 12,000 square feet of retail and 429 parking spaces.
Terry Black’s BBQ owners buy land on Broadway for mixed-use development
Members of the Black family, which operate Terry Black’s BBQ in Austin and Dallas, have purchased nearly a full city block on Broadway two blocks north of the Pearl.
Midtown TIRZ board delays $4.8M incentive package for Broadway East apartments
The Midtown TIRZ board tabled $4.8 million in incentives for Broadway’s next apartment building because it needed more details on an even larger project it’s being asked to help fund: the burying of overhead power lines on Broadway from Interstate 35 to East Mulberry Avenue.