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Austin developer not seeking incentives for Probandt apartments in San Antonio’s Lone Star District

May 28, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

This waste paper recycling center at 400 Probandt St. is slated to become an apartment development by Austin developer OHT Partners.

A 310-unit apartment building by Austin developer OHT Partners, at 400 Probandt St., was granted final approval by the city’s design commission earlier this month.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, BFI Waste Systems of North America, Cabot Chase, Federal International Recycling and Waste Solutions, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jackson Simons, JoNa Real Estate LLC of Dallas, Kay Hindes, Lone Star District, Mission Reach, Nesta Anderson, Office of Historic Preservation, OHT Partners, Pape-Dawson Engineers, Probandt Apartments, San Antonio River, San Pedro Acequia, Southtown, The Flats at Big Tex

Lone Star Brewery project uncertain as GrayStreet-Midway offers 32-acre property for sale

March 10, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

The Lone Star Brewery taken Feb. 6, 2021.

The $596 million Lone Star Brewery project, which local developer GrayStreet Partners and Houston mega-developer Midway unveiled last year to great excitement, now faces an uncertain future.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: City Council, Craig Cargotta, Elizabeth Mercado, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City TIRZ, Jeff Hunt, JLL, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Midway, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Peter French, Rebecca Flores, Red Berry Estate, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, Shirley Gonzales

An evening with El Niño Fidencio, a Mexican curandero

December 28, 2021 By Kayla Padilla 4 Comments

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, South Side Tagged With: botanica, Botanica Los Misterios, Covid-19, curandero, El Niño Fidencio, Jonathon Ray Coronilla, Pauline Coronilla, South Side, yerberia

Echo Bridge concerts under Roosevelt Avenue are now legal; and that’s just fine with its organizers

September 18, 2021 By Josh Feola 3 Comments

People gather under the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge on June 21, 2021, for a concert organized by the Echo Bridge Appreciation Society.

“They made a (concert) permit for us where there was none,” Jeff Wheeler, one of the Echo Bridge Music Society’s co-organizers, said of the San Antonio River Authority. “They understood that it was community-driven and that people love it already.”

Filed Under: Music, South Side Tagged With: Austin Leonard Jones, Bill Baird, Blue Star Arts Complex, Bob Livingston, Buttercup, claire rousay, Echo Bridge Appreciation Society, Erik Sanden, Fl!ght Gallery, Garrett T. Capps, Grupo Tan Tan, James Lifshutz, Jeff Wheeler, Justin Parr, Lindsey Verill, Lost Gonzo Band, Mrs. Frank W Sorrell Bridge, Piñata Protest, Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, Sam Gendel, San Antonio River, South Side Living & Maker Spaces, Tandem

San Antonio’s home repair programs rebuild lives, but they’re not without critics

July 10, 2021 By Emily Drisch 1 Comment

Lucille LeBlanc stands outside her Denver Heights home, which was recently renovated thanks to a city program.

San Antonio’s repair program is targeting homes that were once deemed by the federal government as undesirable—a practice known as red lining.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Denver Heights, East Side, Historic Preservation, Housing, Neighborhoods, South Side, West Side Tagged With: Alma Diaz, Blueprint Ministries, Christian Assistance Ministries, Claude Black Community Center, DeeDee Sedgwick, Denver Heights, Donaldson Terrace, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Fair Housing Act, Historic Westside Residents Association, Lucille LeBlanc, Madeleine Mendez, Maribel Gardea, Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Office of Historic Preservation, Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program, red lining, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio, Sarah Gould, Teri Castillo

Gus’s Fried Chicken to debut June 21 in San Antonio’s Southtown

June 11, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr. 4 Comments

Gus's Fried Chicken from Memphis, Tenn., is set to open in Southtown at 812 S. Alamo St. on June 21.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Gus’s Fried Chicken is set to open June 21 at 812 S. Alamo St. in Southtown, across from Rosario’s.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Gus's Fried Chicken, mac and cheese, Maggie's Orders, Mark Topham, Na and Maggie Vanderbilt, Rosario's, Southtown, Vernon "Gus" Bonner

Lifshutz buys 4.6 acres across river from Lone Star Brewery

June 10, 2021 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

James Lifshutz has purchased 4.6 acres of property south of Roosevelt Park.

Developer James Lifshutz has purchased a 4.6-acre property directly south of Roosevelt Park and across the river from the soon-to-be redeveloped Lone Star Brewery.

Filed Under: Lone Star, Mission Reach, South Side, Southtown, Transactions

Developer Adelman buys industrial site north of Lone Star Brewery

June 8, 2021 By Richard Webner 56 Comments

This property at 410 Probandt St., across from the former Lone Star Brewery, was recently purchased by developer David Adelman and a partner.

Local developer David Adelman and a partner have purchased a four-acre warehouse property directly north of the Lone Star Brewery with plans to build on the momentum of the area’s growth by developing it with a residential use.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Lone Star, South Side, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Blue Star Arts Complex, Camp Outpost Co., Cattleman Square, David Adelman, Flats at Big Tex, G&K Services, GrayStreet Partners, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star Brewery, Midway

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

May 23, 2021 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

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

Council passes $24M Lone Star incentive package, despite community concerns

May 21, 2021 By Richard Webner 8 Comments

On Thursday, City Council unanimously approved $24 million in incentives to help a partnership between GrayStreet Partners and Midway succeed where so many others have failed: to redevelop the blighted Lone Star Brewery complex.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Barbara Casarez, City Council, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Inner City TIRZ, John Courage, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Lone Star Neighborhood Association, Midway, Peter French, Rebecca Flores, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, Rudy Lopez, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, South Side, Teri Castillo, Thompson Neighborhood Association

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