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Granada Homes’ $63M renovation set to begin this month under new partnership

August 3, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Granada apartments located at 311 S. St. Mary's St. Photo taken Sept. 1, 2020.

A $63 million project to rehabilitate the historic Granada Homes senior apartment tower is set to begin this month under a new partnership that no longer includes the San Antonio Housing Authority.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, St. Mary's Street Tagged With: AFL-CIO, Ed Hinojosa, Ensemble Apartments, Government Hill, Granada Homes, Granada Trades Council Housing Inc., HUD, Las Varas Public Facility Corp., Las Vargas PFC, LIV Granada, Marivel Resendiz, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Mission DG, Pat Biernacki, Plaza Hotel, River Walk, SAHA, San Antonio Building Trades Council, San Antonio Housing Authority, The Lofts at Marie McGuire Apartments, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Victor Atkins, Villa Hermosa Apartments, Wedgwood Senior Apartments

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

July 22, 2021 By Richard Webner

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

Restaurant, office upgrades planned for CPS Energy’s former San Antonio River Walk building

July 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo

BH Properties of Los Angeles plans to upgrade the offices of this former CPS Energy building at 146 Navarro St., while adding restaurant space to the lower floor.

Los Angeles-based BH Properties plans to refurbish CPS Energy’s former River Walk office building, while adding a street-level restaurant.

Filed Under: Architecture, CPS Energy, Office, Parking, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, AT&T, BH Properties, CPS Energy, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, La Villita, River Walk, Valero Energy Corp., Villita Assembly Building

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

Wyndham River Walk hotel purchased with plans for $50M renovation

June 9, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Wyndham San Antonio River Walk, 111 E. Pecan St., was recently purchased with plans for it to become a luxury InterContinental Hotel.

Two firms from outside Texas have purchased the Wyndham San Antonio River Walk hotel with plans to spend $50 million to turn it into a luxury InterContinental Hotel in early 2023.

Filed Under: Development, Hotels, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: Aiden Hotel, Andrew Scarlett, Artista Hotel, Best Western, Cypress Real Estate Advisors, Dream Hotel, Harris Bay, Hotel Contessa, InterContinental Hotel, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Jordan Scharg, Riverplace, Scarlett Hotel Group, Trailbreak Partners, Weston Centre, Weston Urban, Wheelock Street Capital, Wyndham San Antonio River Walk

Granada Homes restoration takes building back to original 1928 days

May 25, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The $51 million renovation of the Granada Homes building on South St. Mary’s and Villita streets includes restoring the common areas to look almost exactly as they did when the building opened in 1928 as the Plaza Hotel.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Historic Preservation, History, Housing, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, St. Mary's Street Tagged With: AFL-CIO, Emily Morgan, Granada Homes, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Mark Tolley, Medical Arts Building, Milam building, Mission DG, Plaza Hotel, SAHA, San Antonio Building and Construction Trades Council, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Housing Authority, Shane Denn, Smith-Young Tower, Tower Life building

‘It’s like conducting a symphony.’ Building downtown poses unique set of challenges

April 22, 2021 By Richard Webner

As tourists and locals flock to the Canopy by Hilton, downtown’s latest hotel, they most likely won’t have a clue as to the difficulties in building something that tall, and on the river no less.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, Development, Hotels, River Walk Tagged With: Canopy By Hilton, Chris Hill, Crockett Urban Ventures, David Adelman, Domingo, Floodgate, GrayStreet Partners, Hemisfair, Otro, Patrick Shearer, River Walk, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, The '68

Developers of $400M Riverplace project sign incentive agreement with city

April 20, 2021 By Richard Webner

Riverplace is a planned $400 million mixed-use development in northwest downtown that would occupy both sides of the River Walk.

Riverplace would fill about 3.2 acres of land with a 20-story multifamily building, a 17-story condominium building and an office building of undetermined height, along with the 21-story Dream Hotel.

Filed Under: Architecture, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Historic Preservation, Hotels, Housing, Office, River Walk Tagged With: Arts Residences at Thompson San Antonio, Chuck Brehm, Dream Hotel, Edmund Beck, Geekdom, Graham Weston, Real International, River Walk, Riverplace, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Universal Services Group, Weston Urban

Canopy by Hilton, Witte building to bring four restaurants and bars to East Commerce

March 12, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Canopy by Hilton and the Witte building, on the 100 block of East Commerce Street, are due to open next month.

A stretch of East Commerce Street is set to come back to life next month with the opening of a 22-story hotel and four restaurants and bars overlooking the River Walk.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Hotels, River Walk, St. Mary's Street

CPS Energy sells 10-story building on San Antonio’s River Walk to California firm

February 11, 2021 By Richard Webner

CPS Energy has sold a 10-story office building and parking garage on the River Walk to a Los Angeles real estate firm.

Filed Under: CPS Energy, Office, Parking, River Walk, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, Bexar Appraisal District, BH Properties, CPS Energy, Melissa Sorola, Mexican Consulate, Nora Castro, Paula Gold-Williams, River Walk, Villita Assembly Building

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