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Housing in San Antonio at crossroads with expired downtown incentive policy, new council members elected

July 8, 2021 By Richard Webner

Skyline downtown San Antonio. May 20, 2021.

In the area of housing, it seems likely that the early 2020s will mark another turning point for San Antonio.

Filed Under: Bexar County, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Neighborhoods, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: Adriana Rocha Garcia, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Biden administration, Broadway corridor, CCDO, CCHIP, Center City Development & Operations Department, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Cevallos Lofts, City of San Antonio, Continental Hotel, Cynthia Spielman, David Nisivoccia, Decade of Downtown, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Friedrich Air Conditioning Co., Friedrich Lofts, GrayStreet Partners, Housing Policy Framework, Housing Trust PFC, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, John Courage, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Mario Bravo, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Midway, NALCAB, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, NIMBYism, Pearl, Pete Alanis, Proposition A, Ron Nirenberg, Sabot Development, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., SHIP, Shirley Gonzales, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, The Baldwin, The Flats at River North, Tier One Neighborhood Coalition, Under One Roof, Vero Soto, Veronica Garcia, Weston Urban

Analysis: Lone Star District tops list of city’s largest incentive packages

June 26, 2021 By Richard Webner

The former Lone Star Brewery is eyed for redevelopment by Midway and GrayStreet Partners. May 23, 2021.

The $24 million incentive package that GrayStreet Partners and Midway received last month to redevelop the former Lone Star Brewery tops the list of San Antonio’s most subsidized urban development projects.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Lone Star Tagged With: Agave Apartments, Canopy By Hilton, Carlyle Group, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Credit Human, Cypress Real Estate Advisors, DC Partners, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, GrayStreet Partners, GreyStar, Hotel Emma, Inner City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Inner City TIRZ, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Merchants Ice complex, Michelle Vigil, Midway, NRP Group, Pearl, Rivera on Broadway, RK Group, Ron Nirenberg, Silver Ventures, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Arts Residences, The Red Berry Estate, Universal Services Group LLC, VelocityTX, Weston Urban

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

Developers wanting city tax breaks may be required to take housing vouchers

April 7, 2021 By Gaige Davila

The proposed ordinance is intended to increase the housing options for low-income renters in San Antonio.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: Apartment Association of San Antonio, Brandee Perez, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros, Mi Ciudad es Mi Casa, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Pedro Alanis, Rich Acosta, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Teri Bilby

Funeral home owner planning apartment-condo mid-rise in downtown San Antonio

December 12, 2020 By Ben Olivo

Robert “Dick” Tips, owner of Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, is pursuing the development of a mid-rise apartment and condo building near the Broadway corridor.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Retail Tagged With: 6th Street, Avenue E, Broadway, Brooklyn Avenue, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Fairmont Hotel, Griffin & Farrimond, James Griffin, Killen, Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, Museum Reach, North Alamo Street, Pearl, Robert "Dick" Tips, San Antonio River

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

November 27, 2020 By Richard Webner

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

Downtown’s housing incentives are changing. Here’s why you should care.

September 11, 2018 By Ben Olivo

If you think you don’t care about San Antonio’s Center City Housing Incentives Policy, also known as CCHIP, you’re probably fooling yourself.

Filed Under: Deep Dive, Development, Housing Tagged With: 120 Ninth Street, Casa Blanca Lofts, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentives Policy, Dignowity Hill, Encore SoFlo, Lori Houston, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Mission Trails, Pearl, The Arts Residences, White Conlee Builders

Broadway apartment design draws scrutiny from design commission

September 9, 2018 By Ben Olivo

Members of the HDRC earlier this week criticized the Broadway-facing facade of a 283-unit, monolithic apartment building co-developed by NRP Group and the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp.

Filed Under: Broadway, Development, Housing, Retail Tagged With: Broadway, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentives Policy, Historic and Design Review Commission, Museum Reach, NRP Group, San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp.

Pearl developer ‘very interested’ in affordable housing

September 7, 2018 By Ben Olivo

Bill Shown, managing director of Pearl developer Silver Ventures, said his group is “very interested” in building affordable housing as the development expands in the coming years.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Museum Reach, Neighborhoods, Pearl, River North, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Bill Shown, Brewery South, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentives Policy, Christopher "Kit" Goldsbury, Credit Human, Fox Motel, Jennifer Gonzalez, Lori Houston, Museum Reach Lofts, Pearl, Samuels Glass Co., San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., Silver Ventures

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