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Development profile: Encore Multifamily’s Broadway East project

October 7, 2021 By Heron Staff

Construction work continues on Oct. 6 on Encore Multifamily's 386-unit apartment building that consumes most of the land bound by North Alamo, East Grayson, Austin, and West Carson streets.

Construction works has begun on the first phase of Broadway East, a $90 million, 386-unit market-rate apartment complex by Dallas firm Encore Multifamily that’s one block east of Broadway near the Pearl.

Filed Under: Broadway, Broadway East, Building Explorer, City of San Antonio, Development, Government Hill, Housing Tagged With: Broadway East, City of San Antonio, Encore Multifamily, Fulcrum Development, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Midtown TIRZ, Pearl

Eviction filings in Bexar County have yet to spike one month after moratorium ending

September 22, 2021 By Emily Drisch

An eviction support table from the City of San Antonio is situated in Precinct 4 on Aug. 25, 2021.

The feared spike in eviction filings due to the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium has yet to take shape, at least in Bexar County, local records show. Some say it’s too early to tell whether filings will skyrocket.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Evictions, Housing, Texas Tagged With: Bexar County, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, City of San Antonio, emergency housing assistance program, evictions, HUD, Ian Benavidez, Jeff Wentworth, Matt Garcia, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Rogelio Lopez Jr., SAMMinistries, San Antonio Apartment Association, Sara Wamsley, Supreme Court, Teri Bilby, Texas Rent Relief Program, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aide, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Veronica Soto

Massive $250M housing bond proposed for election next May

September 7, 2021 By Ben Olivo

West Side San Antonio drone shot.

Next May, for the first time, San Antonio voters will be asked to approve a $250 million housing bond toward affordability initiatives.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Housing Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, AMI, area median income, City Council, City of San Antonio, David Nisivoccia, Economic & Planning Systems, Ed Hinojosa, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Housing Commission, Housing Policy Framework, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jessica O. Guerrero, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, San Antonio, San Antonio Housing Authority, SHIP, Shirley Gonzales, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo, Vero Soto

What is ‘affordable housing’ in San Antonio? City Council to consider adopting this definition

August 11, 2021 By Maggie Ryan

Drone shot of the East Side of San Antonio. July 5, 2021.

Over the past few months, San Antonio’s Housing Commission has worked to craft a universal definition of “affordable housing.”

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Housing, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, City Council, City of San Antonio, Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio, Housing Commission, HUD, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jessica O. Guerrero, Kristin Davila, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, New Braunfels, Pete Alanis, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Shirley Gonzales, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Susan Richardson, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, VIA Metropolitan Transit

San Antonio’s rental assistance to continue as CDC eviction moratorium expires

July 29, 2021 By Maggie Ryan

For rent sign in Government Hill taken January 2020.

With the CDC eviction moratorium coming to an end on July 31, San Antonio’s Emergency Housing Assistance Program will continue to accept applications for rental and utility assistance.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, COVID-19, Housing Tagged With: Bexar County Health Collaborative, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, City of San Antonio, EHAP, Elizabeth Lutz, emergency housing assistance program, Mario Bravo, Michelle Vigil, Risk Mitigation Fund, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg

Weston Urban’s 15-story apartment mid-rise behind Continental Hotel in downtown San Antonio gets initial approval

July 22, 2021 By Richard Webner

The de la Garza House would be incorporated into the new development planned by Weston Urban for the area bound by the former Continental Hotel and Arana buildings.

Weston Urban’s plan to restore the former Continental Hotel and build a 15-story apartment tower along San Pedro Creek in west downtown won conceptual approval Wednesday from the city’s historic review board.

Filed Under: Architecture, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, Development, Housing Tagged With: Arana building, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., City of San Antonio, Continental Hotel, Gabriel Q. Velazquez, Graham Weston, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Melchio de la Garza, O. Henry House, Pinkerton's Barbecue, Rand building, Randy Smith, River Walk, Royal Blue Grocery, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Savoy building, Taylor Eighmy, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

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

City of San Antonio seeks input on FY 2021-2022 budget

June 19, 2021 By Maggie Ryan

San Antonio City Hall stock photo.

Planning for the fiscal year 2021-2022 San Antonio budget is now underway, and the City of San Antonio is providing several opportunities for you to offer feedback.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio Tagged With: City Council, City of San Antonio, Erik Walsh, SASpeakUp

Partial demo of Whitt Printing building considered after city deems it unstable

June 1, 2021 By Richard Webner

A group of historic preservationists gather to protest the potential demolition of the Whitt building in west downtown on the afternoon of May 28, 2021.

A historic Whitt Printing building in west downtown could soon be cleared for partial demolition, even after the city’s historical commission voted last month not to let that happen.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic Preservation, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Cattleman Square Historic District, City Council, City of San Antonio, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Development Services Department, DSD, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Golden Star Café, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, John Bustamante, Lerma’s Nite Club, Lim family, Michael Shannon, Office of Historic Preservation, Patrick Christensen, Rudy Lopez, Shanon Shea Miller, Summer Greathouse, Susana Segura, Teri Castillo, Vincent Michael, Whitt Printing Co., Zoning Commission

San Antonio Housing Trust, NRP Group look to sell Cevallos Lofts

May 13, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The San Antonio Housing Trust and developer NRP Group are fielding offers to purchase the Cevallos Lofts, the 252-unit apartment building credited with spearheading growth in that area of Southtown since it was built in 2010.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Trust, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Adam Siegal, Cevallos Lofts, City Council, City of San Antonio, Debra Guerrero, Housing First Community Coalition, NRP Group, Pete Alanis, Rebecca Flores, Roseville Apartments, Salado at Red Berry, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Southtown, The Baldwin, The Viridian, Upton at Longhorn Quarry

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