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Across the river from Pearl, 263-unit Elmira apartments expected to be completed in 2024

August 28, 2022 By Heron Staff

The site of the Pearl's next apartment project, 1126 E. Elmira St., appears to be under construction on Aug. 23, 2022.

Earlier this month, the Bexar County Commissioners Court agreed to begin negotiations with Broadway SA Investors GP, LLC, a company affiliated with Pearl Build, on a 10-year tax abatement for a 263-unit apartment project.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, Tobin Hill Tagged With: ARPA, Bexar County Commissioners Court, Bill Shown, Broadway SA Investors GP, Build Pearl, CCHIP, Christopher "Kit" Goldsbury, Elmira Apartments, Omar Gonzalez, Pearl, Silver Ventures, Tobin Hill, Tommy Calvert

Hops & Hounds planning new location on Museum Reach segment of San Antonio’s River Walk

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park, is slated to open at 1123 Avenue B on the Museum Reach, around December 2022.

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park on the Northeast Side, plans to open a second location on the River Walk in north downtown next to Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen.

Filed Under: Avenue B, Business, Food & Drink, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Nightlife, Pets & Animals, River North, River Walk Tagged With: Beaty Palmer Architects, Cavender family, Clint Wynn, Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, Hixon Properties, Hops & Hounds, Jamie Hardaway, Lee Beekly, Mila Coffee, Museum Reach, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, The Soto

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

April 5, 2022 By Ben Olivo

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

Tax subsidy sometimes used for affordable housing redirected to Broadway attractions north of downtown San Antonio

February 23, 2022 By Ben Olivo

The San Antonio Zoo is considering several improvement projects totaling around $50 million including a gorilla enclosure, renovations to existing buildings and a completely new front gate.

A financial tool used to help fund affordable housing was recently repurposed for the San Antonio Zoo, the Witte Museum, Garden and Brackenridge Park, a move that has some nonprofit developers scratching their heads.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, Broadway, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, How Things Work, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Property Values, River North, San Antonio Zoo, Tobin Hill Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, Alamo Community Group, Brackenridge Park, Broadway, Brooks City-Base TIRZ, ButterKrust Bakery, Cattleman Square Lofts, Cellars at the Pearl, City Council, City of San Antonio, Encore Multifamily, Erik Walsh, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street TIRZ, Inner City TIRZ, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jones & Rio, Lone Star Brewery, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, Maverick Dog Park, Midtown TIRZ, Midway, Museum Reach, Museum Reach Lofts, Pearl, Prospera Housing Community Services, Ryan M. Sweeney, SA: Ready to Work, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Zoo, San Pedro Springs Park, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Sunken Garden Theater, Tim Morrow, Vista Verde Apartments, Westside TIRZ, Witte Museum

Augusta Flats, Jones & Rio apartment buildings in River North sold to Northeast group

January 7, 2022 By Richard Webner

Augusta Flats apartment homes in downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 6, 2022.

A partnership between two investment firms from the Northeast has purchased the Augusta Flats and Jones & Rio apartment complexes—two of the largest residential developments to be built in north downtown in recent years.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Housing, Museum Reach, River North, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: 120 Ninth Street, Alamo Manhattan, Augusta Flats, Benefit Street Partners, Constellation Group, Jones & Rio, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, San Antonio Museum of Art, SC Bodner Company, Stillwater Capital, Strategic Properties of North America, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

Miami firm buys 120 Ninth Street apartment building

November 13, 2021 By Richard Webner

120 Ninth Street apartments

A commercial real estate firm from Miami has purchased the 120 Ninth Street apartment building on the River Walk across from Paramour nightclub.

Filed Under: Housing, Museum Reach, River North, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: 120 Ninth Street, Carlyle Group, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Constellation Group, Eduardo Otaola, Museum Reach, SC Bodner Co.

Pearl set to expand across river, into Samuels Glass building after commission approvals

November 4, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Samuel Glass Co. building at 221 Newell Ave. is slated to be renovated into the Market at Pearl.

The Pearl is poised to undergo its greatest expansion in years after the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission approved three projects at its Wednesday meeting.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Cellars at Pearl, Clayton Korte, Elmira Apartments, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Market at Pearl, Newell Avenue, Pearl, Pearl Stable, Samuels Glass Co. building, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures, Southline Residences, Stephen Williams

People now living at The Flats at River North on Broadway

June 12, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The Flats at River North, 1011 Broadway, began receiving its first residents in May.

In mid-May, The Flats at River North, one of downtown’s largest mixed-use developments, began receiving its first residents.

Filed Under: Architecture, Broadway, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, Retail, River North, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: 1221 Broadway, 1800 Broadway, Broadway, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Debra Guerrero, Maverick Park, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach, NRP Group, Pearl, Phillip Halliday, River Walk, Rivera, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., The Flats at River North, The Mosaic, The Shop Companies

Hixon-Cavender adds to Broadway holdings

April 14, 2021 By Richard Webner

This three-story warehouse at 931 Broadway was recently purchased by the Hixon-Cavender partnership.

The Hixon Properties and Cavender family partnership has added another acre to the footprint of the mini-neighborhood it is developing in north downtown on both Broadway and Avenue B.

Filed Under: Broadway, Development, River North, Transactions Tagged With: Broadway, Cavender, CPS Energy, Flats at River North, GrayStreet Partners, Hixon Properties, Iron Mountain Information Management, John Beauchamp, Soto

Hixon-Cavender partnership plans next phase of Broadway mini-neighborhood

January 13, 2021 By Richard Webner

Next up for the Hixon-Cavender partnership is a food-and-beverage market behind the recently-completed Soto office building on Broadway.

Filed Under: Broadway, Development, Office, River North Tagged With: 2017-2022 bond program, Avenue B, Broadway, Cavender family, CPS Energy, Credit Human, Ford, GrayStreet Partners, Hixon Properties, John Beauchamp, Light Building, NRP Group, Oxbow, Pabst Brewing Co., Powell & Carson, Robert "Dick" Tips, San Antonio Express-News, Silver Ventures, The Flats at River North, the San Antonio Housing Trust PFC

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