A popular Southtown retail strip, home to Pharm Table, Mixtli and Brown Coffee Co., has been sold to an Austin firm.
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Harris Bay planning 1,000-unit, mixed-use development in rapidly-growing Tobin Hill
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.
Development Explorer: 29-story residential tower, retail center at Hemisfair
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.
Development Profile: Continental Hotel project construction in downtown San Antonio scheduled to begin September
Weston Urban plans to build 255 apartments behind the old Continental Hotel on West Commerce Street.
Francis Bogside building in Southtown San Antonio sold to Austin buyer
A partnership that includes a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist from Austin has purchased the retail strip in Southtown that includes the Francis Bogside bar.
Iconic Voodoo Doughnut chain plans first San Antonio store on Houston Street
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.
Los Angeles firm to begin transformation of former CPS Energy building on San Antonio River Walk
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.
Incoming sports bar McIntyre’s drawing concerns from some in San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood
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.
Breakaway Brewing Co. slated to open in Government Hill in San Antonio this fall
A new brewery called Breakaway Brewing is coming to the downtown area, this time to the rapidly growing Government Hill neighborhood.
GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized
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.