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Development Profile: AC by Marriott and Element by Westin

October 1, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

The AC by Marriott and Element by Westin at 111 Soledad St., on Sept. 23, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. Scheduled to open Oct. 6.

Winston Hotels, a Raleigh, N.C.-based developer, is scheduled to open an AC by Marriott on Thursday inside conjoined former office towers at 111 Soledad St.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Hotels, Soledad Street Tagged With: 1 Watson, AC by Marriott, Element by Westin, Main Plaza, Mathew A. Jalazo, Primera Partners, Winston Hotels

Development Profile: Weston Urban names 32-story apartment tower in downtown San Antonio: 300 Main

April 22, 2022 By Heron Staff 11 Comments

Latest renderings released by Weston Urban show the 300 Main, the 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner North Main Avenue and East Travis Street, in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Released April 21, 2022.

Weston Urban plans to complete construction of 300 Main, its 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner of North Main Avenue and East Travis Street, by spring 2024.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: 300 Main, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Planning Commission, Weston Urban

Culinary destination planned for circa-1870s Maverick building on Soledad in downtown San Antonio

August 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 8 Comments

R.S. Merit Real Estate Co. is planning an 11-room span inside a circa-1877 building at 112 Soledad St.

A historic preservation project consisting of multiple restaurants and a small hotel is taking shape in a two-story historic building on Soledad Street, next to the old Mexican Manhattan restaurant.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Hotels, River Walk, Soledad Street Tagged With: Canopy By Hilton, David Wieder, Derek Rosson, Fairmount Hotel, H.H. Hugman, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Home2 Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk, La Fogota, Maverick building, Nonna Osteria, Nosh, R.S. Merit Real Estate Co., River Walk, Riverview Towers, San Antonio River, Silo, Silo Restaurant Group, Sprinkle & Co. Architects, The Floodgate, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Winston Hotels, Witte building

Trailblazing downtown apartment tower wins initial approval from HDRC

December 16, 2020 By Richard Webner 45 Comments

Rendering shows Weston Urban's proposed 32-story tower at 305 Soledad St.

Weston Urban’s plan to build downtown’s tallest residential building, a 32-story apartment tower, took a step forward on Wednesday when a city board granted its design conceptual approval.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Conservation Society of San Antonio, Frost Tower, Geekdom, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, North Main Avenue, Patti Zaiontz, Planning Commission, Rand building, Robert E. Lee Apartments, Soledad Street, Weston Centre, Weston Urban

Analysis: Weston Urban’s high-rise tower ‘blazes the trail’ for downtown growth

November 27, 2020 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

This lot next to the Milam building and Weston Centre could be a 32-story apartment tower by Weston Urban.

The local developer’s proposed 32-story tower will be the tallest residential building downtown by a long shot, bringing a style of high-rise urban living that most major cities can offer, but San Antonio cannot.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: CCDO, CCHIP, Center City Development and Operations Department, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, Ed Cross, Floodgate, Frost Tower, Geekdom, Graham Weston, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Inspire Downtown, Kelly Saunders, Municipal Plaza building, Planning Commission, Randy Smith, Teeple Partners, Veronica Garcia, Vistana, Weston Urban

Austin real estate firm purchases historic office building on downtown River Walk

November 23, 2020 By Richard Webner 57 Comments

This three-story office building on the River Walk sits at 454 Soledad St.

An Austin real estate firm has purchased a three-story historic office building on the River Walk in a fast-growing part of west downtown.

Filed Under: Office, River Walk, Soledad Street, Tech District, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: Convent Street, Henry Cisneros, Lynn Yuan, Mission DG, Opportunity Zone, Real International, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, Soledad Street, Victoria Miramontes, Weston Urban

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

November 15, 2020 By Richard Webner 12 Comments

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

Mexican Manhattan Restaurant, downtown San Antonio staple for 62 years, permanently closes

October 26, 2020 By Ben Olivo 9 Comments

Mexican Manhattan, 110 Soledad St., closed on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.

Mexican Manhattan Restaurant, which served Tex-Mex food on Soledad Street for more than 62 years, closed for good over the weekend.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Soledad Street

Whisky Rose hopes to capitalize on west downtown’s future growth

August 2, 2018 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Restaurateur Ceasar Zepeda, who owns and operates Sangria on the Burg on the northwest side, has been tapped by Weston Urban to open a restaurant at the Rand building on West Houston Street, around the corner from current tenant Rosella at The Rand. The restaurant, Whisky Rose, whose address is 143 Soledad St., will offer […]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Retail, Soledad Street

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