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David Adelman

GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized

January 20, 2022 By Richard Webner

The 300 block of East Houston Street includes the Vogue, Grant and Kress buildings.

In 2015, GrayStreet Partners announced it had purchased several iconic buildings on East Houston Street, and spoke of the corridor’s rebirth. Nearly seven years later, the local developer has been selling off its assets as it shifts focus, and capital, to other projects.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Historic Preservation, Houston Street, Office, Retail, Sidebar Deep Dive, Streets & Sidewalks, Tech District, Transactions Tagged With: Adam Neumann, Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood, Broadway East, CBRE, City of San Antonio, David Adelman, David and José Cáceres, Decade of Downtown, East Houston Street, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Frost Bank, Frost Bros., Frost Tower, Fulcrum Development, Geekdom, Graham Weston, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street, Houston Street TIRZ, Ivy Taylor, Julián Castro, Kevin Covey, Kress building, La Panadería, Lone Star Brewery, Maryland, Mercado Roma, Mixtli, Neisner's, Nick Longo, Peter French, Pharm Table, Presa Street Bridge, River Walk, Rockville, Scott Herbold, Texas de Brazil, Travis Park Plaza, Vogue building, W Hotel, Walgreens building, West Houston Street, Weston Urban, WeWork, Wolff & Marx

Fort Worth developer planning to build 342 apartments in east downtown San Antonio

January 19, 2022 By Ben Olivo

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is planning to build a 340-unit apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Fort Worth developer Vaquero Ventures received conceptual approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday on its envisioned 342-unit, five-story apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Building Explorer, Commerce Street, Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Downtown, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden by Best Western, Alamodome Gardens, Ashley Farrimond, Brandon Behrens, Cherry X Commerce, David Adelman, Denver Heights, Dignowity Hill, Griffin & Farrimond, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Killen, Merriman Anderson Architects, Quadrant Investment Properties, REATA Real Estate, RK Group, St. Paul Square, Sunset Station, Sunset Station Train Depot, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Baldwin, The Espee, Valerie Cortez, Vaquero Ventures, VelocityTX, Vidorra

Hemisfair’s Civic Park construction imminent as planners race to meet 2025 Final Four deadline

December 23, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The Hemisfair Civic Park design plans approved by the Historic and Design Review Commission on Oct. 29, 2021.

After a delay of more than two years, the construction of Hemisfair’s Civic Park is finally imminent, it appears. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for sometime in January after the City Council approved last week a $27.9 million construction contract for Skanska USA Building.

Filed Under: 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: "Confluence of Civilizations", Acequia Madre de Valero, Andres Andujar, City Council, Civic Park, David Adelman, GGN, HDRC, Hemisfair, HemisFair '68, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, HPARC, Juan O'Gorman, Millennium Park, NCAA Men's Final Four, NRP Group, Omar Gonzalez, Overland Partners, Skanska USA Building, The '68, Zachry Corp.

Olivo: How McKee-Rodriguez’s support for a luxury housing project helps shape the Decade of Downtown

December 2, 2021 By Ben Olivo

Let’s make one thing clear, the Decade of Downtown in San Antonio is alive and well. It hasn’t expired. And it will continue as long as there are city policies designed to incentivize the production of market-rate housing in the downtown area.

Filed Under: Broadway East, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, East Side, Government Hill, Housing, Lone Star, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Pearl, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 1800 Broadway, Alazán-Apache Courts, Ana Sandoval, AREA Real Estate, Bexar County, Broadway, Broadway corridor, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Program, City Council, City of San Antonio, Criterion, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, East Side, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Fulcrum Development, Government Hill, Government Hill Alliance, GrayStreet Partners, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hixon Properties, Ian Benavidez, Inner City Development Incentive Program, Inner City TIRZ, Inspire Downtown, Jake Jopling, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jefferson Bank, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lynd Company, Mario Bravo, Michael Amezquita, Midtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach, OHT Partners, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAISD, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, Southtown, Teri Castillo, Texas Organizing Project, Universal Services Group, Vistana

Best Western renovation in St. Paul Square signals confidence San Antonio’s hospitality sector will recover

November 30, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Best Western at St. Paul Square is being renovated.

A local investment group is renovating the Best Western on East Commerce Street, adding a speakeasy to its basement, in a show of confidence in San Antonio’s hospitality sector and St. Paul Square.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, East Downtown, Hotels, St. Paul Square, Tourism Tagged With: 1902 Nightclub, Aiden by Best Western, Chris Hagee, Daniella Ritter, David Adelman, George Icke & Bros. building, Hagee Hospitality Group, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, HSI Design Group, Marc Weinstein, NRP Group, REATA Real Estate, San Antonio Express-News, St. Paul Square, Stanley Shropshire, Sunset Station, The Baldwin, The Espee, Tibor Ritter, Virtus Real Estate Capital, Weinritter Realty

Adelman negotiating to bring brewery to San Antonio’s Five Points area

October 2, 2021 By Richard Webner

This warehouse at 1606 N. Colorado St., which appears to house a company called AB Foam Concrete Supplies, has been purchased by David Adelman.

The developer has purchased a warehouse near North Colorado and Culebra and is talking with a brewer to occupy the space.

Filed Under: Five Points, Food & Drink, Transactions Tagged With: Barclay Anthony, Cattleman Square Historic District, David Adelman, Five Points, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lone Star Brewery, Maverick Apartments, San Antonio College, The '68

Former Estrada Hardware building in west downtown San Antonio purchased

September 30, 2021 By Richard Webner

The former Estrada Hardware building at 830 W. Commerce St. has been sold to a development team that includes a local real estate agent.

A group that includes local real estate agent Dix Densley has purchased a historic landmark on the near West Side with plans to renovate it in a way that “will pay homage to the building and its history.”

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Transactions, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: 4D Real Ventures, Arnoldo Estrada, Beth Standifird, Cattleman Square Historic District, Dashiell House, David Adelman, DGSD – 830 W. Commerce St. LLC, Dix Densley, Estrada Hardware store, Express-News, San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation, Sterling Hotel, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Whitt building

Houston developer Urban Genesis adding 160 apartments around the St. Mary’s Strip

September 15, 2021 By Richard Webner

This property on the 300 block of West Grayson Street was recently purchased by Houston developer Urban Genesis.

Urban Genesis plans to begin construction in mid-2022 on the apartments, which will be three to four stories tall.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill, Transactions Tagged With: ACI, Alternative Clubs Inc., Cervecería Chapultepec, David Adelman, Historic and Design Review Commission, HRDC, Lonesome Rose, Matt Shafiezadeh, Midtown Station, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Sojo Commons, SOJO Urban Development, St. Mary's Strip, Steve Yndo, The Shops at La Cantera, Tobin Hill, Urban Genesis

Lucy’s Bodega offers vegan options at St. Paul Square in east downtown

August 28, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr.

Lucy's Bodega is now open at St. Paul Square, 123 Heiman St.

The all-vegan Lucy’s Bodega has opened at St. Paul Square, 123 Heiman St. The couple also plans to open a Lucy’s Bodega on East Houston near Alamo Plaza.

Filed Under: East Downtown, Food & Drink, Retail, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden Hotel, Alamo Plaza, Atlee B. Ayres Building, Best Western Plus Suites, Cellar Mixology, Cuishe Cocina Mexicana, David Adelman, Dom Thomas, East Commerce Realty Group, Lilly's Greenville, Lucas Bradbury, Lucy's Bodega, Michael Jersin, Morgan Bradbury, NRP Group, REATA Real Estate, Smoke BBQ+Skybar, St. Paul Square, Sunset Station, The Baldwin, The Espee, Toro Kitchen + Bar, Zachry Corp.

Developer Adelman buys industrial site north of Lone Star Brewery

June 8, 2021 By Richard Webner

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

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