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Apartments proposed for historic Tower Life Building in downtown San Antonio

August 9, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

The Tower Life Building, 310 S. St Mary's St., in San Antonio, Texas, taken Dec. 7, 2021.

The Tower Life Building’s new owners want to convert the long-time office building into 234 apartments with 10,000 square feet of restaurant space each on the ground and river levels.

Filed Under: Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Development, Development Explorer, Historic Preservation, History, Housing, Office, Tower Life Building Tagged With: Alamo Capital Advisors, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., City of San Antonio, Commissioners Court, Continental Hotel, David Marquez, Ed Cross, Jon Wiegand, Justin Rodriguez, McCombs Enterprises, Nelson Wolff, Ron Nirenberg, SA Tower Life, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Tommy Calvert, Tower Life building, Weston Urban

Development Profile: Continental Hotel project construction in downtown San Antonio scheduled to begin September

July 26, 2022 By Heron Staff 3 Comments

Rendering shows the Continental Hotel and Arana Building project, 332 W. Commerce St., from the South Laredo and Dolorosa in San Antonio, Texas.

Weston Urban plans to build 255 apartments behind the old Continental Hotel on West Commerce Street.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Housing, Office, Retail, Weston Urban Tagged With: Arana building, Continental Hotel, Randy Smith, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Weston Urban

Historic Palace Livery Stable turned Artes Graficas print shop sold to San Antonio real estate firm

May 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Palace Livery Stable, 115 Camaron St., was recently purchased by real estate firm DJE Texas Management Group of San Antonio.

A local real estate firm plans to move into the historic Palace Livery Stable and Artes Graficas print shop building at 115 Camaron St.

Filed Under: History, Office, San Pedro Creek, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: 300 Main, Alameda Theater, Alvarado & Alvarado, Artes Graficas, Bexar Appraisal District, Central Candy Company, Continental Hotel, Devin Elder, DJE Texas Management Group, DK Realty Advisors, Frost Tower, Harris Bay, Office of Historic Preservation, Palace Livery Stable, Penner’s, San Antonio Police History Archive, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Helix Apartments, Travis Building, UTSA, Weston Urban

Tower Life Building sold to ownership group led by McCombs family

May 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

The Tower Life Building, 310 S. St Mary's St., in San Antonio, Texas, taken Dec. 1, 2021.

A group led by the McCombs family has purchased the Tower Life Building, which had been owned by the Zachry family for nearly 80 years.

Filed Under: Architecture, History, Office, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: 300 Main, Alamo Capital Advisors, Atlee B. Ayers, Bexar Appraisal District, Ed Cross, F. Albert Smith, Frost Tower, Great Depression, H.B. Zachry, J.W. Young, Joe Shields, John H. Smith, Jon Wiegand, Majestic Theatre, McCombs Enterprises, McCombs family, Red McCombs, Robert M. Ayers, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Transit Tower, Smith-Young Tower, Tower Life building, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Zachry family

Mila Coffee, brewery joining new market inside Cavender Cadillac buildings in downtown San Antonio

April 5, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

This rendering shows the Ready Made Market inside a former Cavender Cadillac dealership building behind The Soto office building, 711 Broadway.

A new food-and-beverage market called Make Ready, inside two former Cavender Cadillac dealership buildings off Broadway, is due to open this winter with a dozen tenants.

Filed Under: Avenue B, Broadway, Business, Development, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Office, River North Tagged With: Argo Group, Broadway, Broadway News, Brooklyn Avenue, Cavender Cadillac, Encore Bank, Hixon Properties, Make Ready, Marco Cardel, Mila Coffee, Pouring With Heart, SHOP Companies, The Soto, Ulrich Investment Consultants

Los Angeles firm to begin transformation of former CPS Energy building on San Antonio River Walk

April 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

BH Properties of Los Angeles plans to upgrade CPS Energy's former office building at 146 Navarro St., which will include 20,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space.

BH Properties of Los Angeles announced last week that it’s preparing to start refurbishing CPS Energy’s former office building on Navarro Street into what it describes as a mixed-use destination on the River Walk.

Filed Under: Architecture, CPS Energy, Development, Navarro Street, Office, Parking, Retail, River Walk, South Presa Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, Anuradha Koli, BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, Centro San Antonio, CPS Energy, Gensler, GrayStreet Partners, La Villita, Navarro Street, River Walk, South Presa Street, Tower Life building

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

CPS Energy sells former HQ to out-of-town firm with hotel plans

January 5, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

The CPS Energy company, 145 Navarro St., is selling one of its buildings in downtown San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 4, 2022.

CPS Energy has sold its former headquarters at 145 Navarro St. on the River Walk to a real estate company that plans to renovate it into a hotel.

Filed Under: CPS Energy, Hotels, Office, Parking, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, CPS Energy, Kishan Patel, Le Meridien by Marriott, Nora Castro, Paula Gold-Williams, River Walk

BH Properties’ $9M renovation of former CPS Energy building in downtown San Antonio receives first approval

July 22, 2021 By Richard Webner 64 Comments

BH Properties plans to upgrade the offices of this former CPS Energy building at 146 Navarro St. View from Villita Street.

L.A.-based BH Properties plans to launch a $9 million renovation of the 10-story office building it purchased from CPS Energy later this year.

Filed Under: Architecture, CPS Energy, Office, Parking, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, Arneson River Theatre, BH Properties, Brian Park, CPS Energy, Fiesta, Gensler, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, La Villita, Mexican Consulate, MP Studio, River Walk, Villita Assembly Building

A closer look at Weston Urban’s 15-story mixed-use project in west downtown San Antonio

July 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The 15-story, 255-unit Weston Urban development from the perspective of West Commerce Street.

Weston Urban plans to build a 15-story apartment building between the former Continental Hotel and Arana building in west downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, Development, Housing, Office, Parking, Retail, San Pedro Creek, Tech District, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alfred Giles, Arana building, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., Continental Hotel, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Kline’s building, Leeds building, Leo M.J. Dielmann, Lone Star Brewery, Melchio de la Garza House, O. Henry House, O. Henry House Museum, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Spanish Colonial, Trish DeBerry, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA School of Data Science, Weston Urban

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