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GrayStreet sells key Southtown retail strip to Austin firm

December 27, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The retail strip at South Alamo and South St. Mary's streets was recently sold in November 2022 by San Antonio developer Kevin Covey to an Austin firm.

A popular Southtown retail strip, home to Pharm Table, Mixtli and Brown Coffee Co., has been sold to an Austin firm.

Filed Under: Retail, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Weissman, Brown Coffee Co., Christopher Grossman, GrayStreet Partners, Ironwood Real Estate, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Midway, Mixtli, Peter French, Pharm Table, Renaissance Tower, Southtown, Southtown Junction LP, State Life Insurance Company, Texas Highway Patrol Museum, Tower Life, Travis Park Plaza

Harris Bay planning 1,000-unit, mixed-use development in rapidly-growing Tobin Hill

November 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

A 1,000-unit apartment development, spread across four parcels, is being proposed for West Josephine Street near North St. Mary's Street by developer Jake Harris in San Antonio, Texas. This is Polk Street, between West Josephine and West Grayson.

Developer Jake Harris is planning to build a 1,000-apartment project West Josephine that would also touch the St. Mary’s Strip. If built, it would add the flurry of new housing developments either under construction or in the planning stage for Tobin Hill.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, North St. Mary's, Parking, Retail, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Alfonso Robalin, Chad Cary, Embrey Partners, Harris Bay, Jake Harris, Mario Bravo, Matt Shafiezadeh, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy, North St. Mary's Street, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Oxbow Development Group, Patrick Christensen, Pearl, Polk Street, Sabot Development, San Antonio River, St. Mary's Strip, Texas Neon Advertising Company, The Josephine, The Lonesome Rose, The Lynd Co., Tin Top Flats at The Creamery, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Travis Building, Urban Genesis, West Grayson Street, West Josephine Street

Development Explorer: 29-story residential tower, retail center at Hemisfair

October 17, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

A 29-story residential tower and a three-level retail building are planned for East Market Street at Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas, as shown in these renderings submitted for the Oct. 19, 2022, Historic and Design Review Commission meeting. Developer Post Lake Capital Partners of Austin is building the market-rate apartments and retail space.

New Hemisfair renderings show a 29-story, 360-unit apartment tower with a 7-level parking garage and 25,000 square feet of retail space on East Market Street. The plans are up for review this week.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Hemisfair, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Market Street, Parking, Retail, River Walk Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City Council, Civic Park, Decade of Downtown, East Market, FitzGerald Associates Architects, Grand Hyatt, HDRC, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Historic and Design Review Commission, Julián Castro, NCAA Final Four, Post Lake Capital Partners, River Walk, Source Plaza, South Alamo, Zachry Hospitality

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

Francis Bogside building in Southtown San Antonio sold to Austin buyer

June 13, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

Francis Bogside is located at 803 S. St Mary's St. in San Antonio, Texas.

A partnership that includes a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist from Austin has purchased the retail strip in Southtown that includes the Francis Bogside bar.

Filed Under: Business, Retail, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: &J Heierman Building Ltd., Abe Zimmerman, Arrosti, Bookpeople, Francis Bogside, Heather O’Neill, Judy Provost, King William Professional Group, Southtown, Steve Mahoney, Sweat Equity

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

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

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

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

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

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