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Olivo: Housing needed at all price points, Nirenberg says

May 25, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Development has increased around San Antonio’s Government Hill neighborhood over the last few years, resulting in modern out of place seeming homes and condos next to historic family residences as seen on Dec. 30, 2021.

How San Antonio’s discussion on housing costs has evolved from the Decade of Downtown to the pandemic-era shortage.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, Weston Urban Tagged With: 300 Main, Bexar County, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Decade of DowntownStrategic Housing Implementation Plan, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Julián Castro, Moody’s Analytics, President Biden, Riverplace, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Universal Services Group, Weston Urban

Here’s how two Texas constitutional amendments could lower some property taxes

April 28, 2022 By The Texas Tribune 2 Comments

The propositions on the May 7 ballot would lower property taxes by shifting more public school costs to the state. But the measures’ language can be hard to understand.

Filed Under: Neighborhoods, Property Values, Texas Tagged With: Dick Lavine, Every Texan, James Quintero, Paul Bettencourt, Texas, Texas Public Policy Foundation, The Texas Tribune

Esperanza Peace & Justice Center breaks ground on West Side museum

March 30, 2022 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

Graciela Sanchez, director of the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Museo del Westside takes place on the morning of Tuesday, March, 29, 2022, at the Rinconcito de Esperanza, 816 S. Colorado St., San Antonio, TX, on the city's West Side.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is a year away from completing its Museo del Westside, a community space dedicated to West Side history and culture inside the old Ruben’s Ice House.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Museums, Neighborhoods, West Side Tagged With: Blanca "Blanquita Rosa" Rodríguez, Casa de Cuentos, David Gonzales, Esmeralda Reyes Rocha, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Henry Gomez, Houck Foundation, Impact San Antonio, Irma Reyes Guevara, Las Tesoros de San Antonio, M&E Grocery Store, Manuel Reyes Jr., Mariachi Esperanza, MujerArtes, Museo del Westside, National Endowment for the Humanities, Patricia Reyes Zepeda, Rinconcito de Esperanza, Ruben's Ice House, San Antonio Area Foundation, Teri Castillo, West Side, Westside TIRZ

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

Lone Star Brewery project uncertain as GrayStreet-Midway offers 32-acre property for sale

March 10, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

The Lone Star Brewery taken Feb. 6, 2021.

The $596 million Lone Star Brewery project, which local developer GrayStreet Partners and Houston mega-developer Midway unveiled last year to great excitement, now faces an uncertain future.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: City Council, Craig Cargotta, Elizabeth Mercado, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City TIRZ, Jeff Hunt, JLL, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Midway, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Peter French, Rebecca Flores, Red Berry Estate, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, Shirley Gonzales

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

Breakaway Brewing Co. slated to open in Government Hill in San Antonio this fall

February 20, 2022 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

Breakaway Brewing Company is slated to open at 1518 E. Grayson St. in Government Hill sometime in the fall.

A new brewery called Breakaway Brewing is coming to the downtown area, this time to the rapidly growing Government Hill neighborhood.

Filed Under: Business, East Side, Food & Drink, Government Hill, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail Tagged With: Betty's Battalion, Breakaway Brewing Company, Chris Pal-Freeman, Encore Multifamily, Folklores Coffee House, Government Hill, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Caisson, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base

Bond dollars for Sunken Garden Theater could go to other Brackenridge Park projects

February 12, 2022 By Kayla Padilla 1 Comment

The Brackenridge Conservancy is planning a $63 million renovation of the Sunken Garden Theater.

The Brackenridge Park Conservancy is seeking $5 million from the upcoming bond to help renovate Sunken Garden Theater, a plan the nearby River Road neighborhood still opposes.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Parks & Plazas, San Antonio Zoo Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond program, Brackenridge Park, Brackenridge Park Conservancy, City Council, Grace Rose Gonzales, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Kirk Feldman, Lucy Wilson, Mario Bravo, Mary Sandoval, Michael Marchbanks, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Midtown TIRZ, Rasa Silenas, River Road, River Road Neighborhood Association, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Zoo, Sunken Garden Theater, Suzanne Scott, Witte Museum

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: Alamodome Garden, 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

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