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How municipal bonds work, and a brief history of them in San Antonio

April 28, 2022 By Richard Webner

What are bonds, exactly? Why does San Antonio pay for infrastructure the way it does? As early voting continues on the $1.2 billion bond package, the Heron answers these questions and others.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Elections, General News, Know Stuff, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 2007-2012 bond, 2012-2017 bond, 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Ben Gorzell, Carver Branch Library, Christine Drennon, City Council, City of San Antonio, Fitch, general obligation bonds, Grand Hyatt, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Henry Cisneros, Heywood Sanders, JP Morgan, Las Palmas Branch Library, Moody’s, Municipal Auditorium, Olmos Dam, Roberto Treviño, S&P, SAMCO Capital, San Antonio, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio River, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Sheryl Sculley, Siebert Williams Shank, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA

GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized

January 20, 2022 By Richard Webner

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, Sidebar Deep Dive, 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

An evening with El Niño Fidencio, a Mexican curandero

December 28, 2021 By Kayla Padilla

Jonathan Ray Coronialla opened his yerberia, Botanica los Misterios, on the south side of San Antonio 10 years ago as a positive place for spiritual and physical healing for the community, he said on Dec. 2, 2021.

Though I had gone into Botanica Los Misterios to interview the owner about the herb shop’s maintenance during the Covid-19 pandemic, our conversation took a turn when he mentioned El Niño Fidencio, a Mexican curandero.

Filed Under: Business, Miscellaneous, People, Religion, Sidebar Deep Dive, South Side Tagged With: botanica, Botanica Los Misterios, Covid-19, curandero, El Niño Fidencio, Jonathon Ray Coronilla, Pauline Coronilla, South Side, yerberia

Olivo: How McKee-Rodriguez’s support for a luxury housing project helps shape the Decade of Downtown

December 2, 2021 By Ben Olivo

Let’s make one thing clear, the Decade of Downtown in San Antonio is alive and well. It hasn’t expired. And it will continue as long as there are city policies designed to incentivize the production of market-rate housing in the downtown area.

Filed Under: Broadway East, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, East Side, Government Hill, Housing, Lone Star, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Pearl, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 1800 Broadway, Alazán-Apache Courts, Ana Sandoval, AREA Real Estate, Bexar County, Broadway, Broadway corridor, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Program, City Council, City of San Antonio, Criterion, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, East Side, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Fulcrum Development, Government Hill, Government Hill Alliance, GrayStreet Partners, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hixon Properties, Ian Benavidez, Inner City Development Incentive Program, Inner City TIRZ, Inspire Downtown, Jake Jopling, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jefferson Bank, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lynd Company, Mario Bravo, Michael Amezquita, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach, OHT Partners, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAISD, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, Southtown, Teri Castillo, Texas Organizing Project, Universal Services Group, Vistana

Who’s served by truly affordable housing? Meet the Medinas

August 31, 2021 By Maggie Ryan

Cora Medina spends time with her children after getting home from work.

Often, low-income housing is boiled down to numbers. We hardly ever talk to the people who live in these units. Meet Cora Medina, who found her footing in life thanks to the Terraces at Haven for Hope.

Filed Under: Homelessness, Housing, People, Profile, Sidebar Deep Dive, West Side Tagged With: Ana Sandoval, Brad McMurray, Cora Medina, Cris Medina, LIHTCs, low-income housing tax credits, Maids on a Mission, Marc Levesque, NRP Group, Prospera Housing and Community Services, Scott Ackerson, Terraces at Haven for Hope, Village at Perrin Beitel, Village North 2

Analysis: It’s time to call BS on ‘workforce housing’

October 16, 2020 By Heron Staff

The Lofts at River North are under construction at Broadway and Jones Avenue in July.

In San Antonio, the term “workforce housing” is used to describe the higher echelon of subsidized housing, but the term is misleading.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Sidebar Deep Dive

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