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Lavaca neighborhood residents voice concern over planned 7-Eleven

May 29, 2021 By Valeria Torrealba

These signs can be seen up and down Florida and Carolina streets in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Residents of the Lavaca neighborhood are voicing their displeasure with a 7-Eleven gas station that’s planned for a 1-acre plot of land along Interstate 37 between Florida and Carolina streets.

Filed Under: Development, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Retail, Southtown Tagged With: 7-Eleven, Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, GrayStreet Partners, HDRC, Hilda Juarez, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lavaca, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, Susan Richardson, Verdad Real Estate & Construction Services

Olivo: Lone Star Brewery’s $24M incentive deal needed more critical analysis

May 23, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The former Lone Star Brewery is eyed for redevelopment by Midway and GrayStreet Partners.

Any concerns about the sheer size of the Lone Star’s $24 million incentive deal, or over the potential displacement of nearby residents, were outweighed by the fact that someone is finally breathing new life into these ghostly industrial shells after 25 years.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Downtown Dispatches, Hotels, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Office, Retail, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Ana Sandoval, Arts Residences, Barbara Casarez, Ben Olivo, Downtown Dispatches, GrayStreet Partners, Hotel Thompson San Antonio, John Courage, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Lone Star Neighborhood Association, Manny Pelaez, Midway, Mission Reach, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Property Assessed Clean Energy, Red Berry Estate, Richard Webner, Ron Nirenberg, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, SAISD, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, Thompson Hotel, Vero Soto

San Antonio’s newest distillery, Devils River Whiskey, set to debut on East Houston

March 15, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr.

Devils River Whiskey is finally set to open on Wednesday inside the Burns building at 401 E. Houston St. The distillery is also relocating its headquarters from Dallas.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Houston Street, Retail

Texas businesses must decide whether to require face masks. Some worry they could lose customers either way.

March 4, 2021 By The Texas Tribune

A COVID-19 safety sign last year in Austin.

A day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans to fully reopen businesses and end the state’s mask mandate, small business owners across Texas found themselves struggling to decide what to do next.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Retail

New downtown businesses like their chances during pandemic

January 25, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr.

You might ask new downtown business owners if they’re crazy to open during the pandemic. Some say it’s the perfect time.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Food & Drink, Retail Tagged With: 1718 Steakhouse, Andrea Fascinetto, Andy Palacios, Bunz Handcrafted Burgers, Cadillac Bar, Divide & Conquer, Dolores Novak, Edwin Salazar, Frost Tower, Javier Treviño, LiftFund, Mexican Manhattan, Paycheck Protection Program, PPP, PROSE, Spaghetti Warehouse, Thierry Burkle, Tony Lopez, Tony's Siesta

Pop-up mercado featuring 25-plus Farmers Market Plaza tenants now open

January 10, 2021 By Ben Olivo

More than 25 Farmers Market Plaza vendors are participating in a pop-up mercado at the Centro de Artes building, 101 S. Santa Rosa Ave., at Historic Market Square.

Filed Under: Market Square, Retail Tagged With: Centro de Artes building, coronavirus, Covid-19, El Mercado, Farmers Market Plaza, Historic Market Square

Funeral home owner planning apartment-condo mid-rise in downtown San Antonio

December 12, 2020 By Ben Olivo

Robert “Dick” Tips, owner of Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, is pursuing the development of a mid-rise apartment and condo building near the Broadway corridor.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Retail Tagged With: 6th Street, Avenue E, Broadway, Brooklyn Avenue, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Fairmont Hotel, Griffin & Farrimond, James Griffin, Killen, Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, Museum Reach, North Alamo Street, Pearl, Robert "Dick" Tips, San Antonio River

Louisiana developer plans short-term rentals for former Travis Street beauty college

November 20, 2020 By Ben Olivo

This three-story building at 505 E. Travis St. is scheduled to become short-term rentals.

Metairie, La.-based developer Beau Baudier plans to renovate a circa-1928, three-story commercial building on East Travis Street that has been largely unused in recent memory.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Retail, Short-Term Rentals

Weston Urban plans 32-story apartment tower in downtown tech district

November 15, 2020 By Richard Webner

This property bound by North Main, Soledad, West Pecan and East Travis streets is slated to become a 32-story apartment tower by Weston Urban.

Weston Urban has submitted plans to the city to build a 32-story apartment tower with ground-floor retail a block from Geekdom and the Frost Tower.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Main Avenue, Retail, Soledad Street, Tech, Weston Urban

City Council OKs zoning compromise in contentious Government Hill case

November 8, 2020 By Ben Olivo

A heated zoning fight in Government Hill, which has been ongoing for a year, has come to an end.

Filed Under: East Side, Government Hill, Neighborhoods, Retail

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