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

May 28, 2022 By Ben Olivo 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

Incoming sports bar McIntyre’s drawing concerns from some in San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood

March 24, 2022 By Ben Olivo 55 Comments

The future home of McIntyre's, a sports bar from Houston, rests on land bound by South Presa, Clauda and South St. Mary's streets. March 9, 2022.

Though it has yet to take shape, McIntyre’s, a Houston-based sports bar, has already ruffled the feathers of some in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Filed Under: Architecture, Business, Development, Food & Drink, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail, South Presa, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bar Ludivine, Braun Enterprises, Brian McIntyre, Chase McIntyre, Hands Down, King William, Kyle Berg, Lavaca, Lavaca Historic District, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, McIntyre’s, Melissa Stendahl, Nick Melde, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Taco Haven, The Haven Southtown, We Are Southtown

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

Rising rents, high occupancies signal ‘Decade of Downtown’ in San Antonio has worked, developers say

February 4, 2022 By Richard Webner 89 Comments

San Antonio Downtown drone shot.

The downtown San Antonio apartment market, which city leaders went to such great effort to grow, has matured to a point where it is drawing major attention from out-of-town investors.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Deep Dive, Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Sidebar Deep Dive, Southtown Tagged With: 120 Ninth Street, Alamo Manhattan, Augusta Flats, Austin Investor Interests, Blackstone, Brad Miller, Brady Tower, Broadway, Broadway East, Cadillac Lofts, Canopy By Hilton, CCHIP, Cellars at Pearl, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Constellation Group, Covid-19, Crockett Urban Ventures, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, Ed Cross, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, Flats at River North, Franklin Templeton Investments, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Hemisfair, HemisFair Park PFC, HemisView Village, Heritage Plaza, Inspire Downtown, Institutional Property Advisors, Jeremy Jessop, JJ Real Co., Jones & Rio, Jones and Rio, Julián Castro, Midway, Mission Escondida, Mission Reach, Mission Trails, Museum Reach, Patrick Shearer, Pearl, River Walk, Rivera on Broadway, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, SC Bodner Company, Southline, Southtown, Southtown Flats, Stillwater Capital, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Strategic Property Investment, The '68, The Agave, The Baldwin, The Floodgate, Towers at the Majestic, University of Texas at San Antonio, Vistana, West Oaks, Weston Urban, White Conlee

Bakke Development granted approval for Southtown ice house concept

January 17, 2022 By Ben Olivo 56 Comments

Bakke Development is planning a mixed-use retail project at 207 Roosevelt Ave., that includes an ice house, office space, and potentially a restaurant. Renderings go before the Historic and Design Review Commission on Jan. 19, 2022.

Local developer Bakke Development Corp.’s plan for an ice house and retail complex on a prominent intersection in Southtown goes before the Historic and Design Review Commission this week.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Retail, San Antonio River, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bakke Development Corp., Brandt Bakke, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star Brewery, Meier Bros. Monuments, Mission Reach, San Antonio River

Retail hub anchored by ice house planned for land near former Lone Star Brewery

November 10, 2021 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

This patch of land on the corner of South St. Mary's Street and Mission Road may soon be part of a mixed-use development by Bakke Development Corp.

Bakke Development Corp. is looking to redevelop the site of former headstone maker Meier Bros. Monuments on South St. Mary’s.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Retail, San Antonio River, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bakke Development Corp., Blue Star Arts Complex, Brandt Bakke, GrayStreet Partners, Henry Meier, Lone Star Brewery, Meier Bros. Monuments, Midway, Mission Reach, Mission Trail, San Antonio River

Homes in former Southtown arts hub purchased for Airbnb conversion

October 30, 2021 By Richard Webner 3 Comments

This home at 1139 S. St. Mary’s St. was recently purchased for the purpose of converting it into an Airbnb.

A local developer has purchased three historic homes in King William from Mike Casey—known as the “Mayor of Southtown” for his patronage of the neighborhood’s art community—with plans to convert two of them into Airbnb rentals.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, King William, Neighborhoods, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Chris Coker, Chuck Ramirez, Clemonce Heard, Espee, Ethel Shipton, King William, Mike Casey, Sala Diaz, Southtown, Sunset Station, The Good Kind

SAHA sees end in sight for Victoria Commons development in Lavaca

October 22, 2021 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

The last phases of the Victoria Commons master planned community in the Lavaca neighborhood south of downtown could be built on these vacant pieces of land.

Last month, the San Antonio Housing Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with homeowners on Leigh Street who had opposed two apartment buildings planned on vacant land facing Interstate 37 due to concerns about traffic and drainage.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Lavaca, San Antonio Housing Authority, Southtown Tagged With: Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, City Council, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Lavaca, Leigh Street, McMonigal Place, Refugio Street, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Tim Alcott, Vicki Perkins, Victoria Commons, Victoria Courts, Walter Wilson

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

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