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GrayStreet buys seven-story Tower Life parking garage

May 10, 2022 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

The parking garage connected to the Tower Life Building was purchased by local developer Graystreet Partners on May 2, 2022

Downtown developer GrayStreet Partners has purchased the parking garage attached to the iconic Tower Life Building from the Zachry family.

Filed Under: Parking, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, CPS Energy, Ed Cross, GrayStreet Partners, Jon Wiegand, Kevin Covey, McCombs, Peter French, River Walk, SA Tower Life LP, Tower Life building, Villita Street, Zachry

Tower Life Building sold to ownership group led by McCombs family

May 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

The Tower Life Building, 310 S. St Mary's St., in San Antonio, Texas, taken Dec. 1, 2021.

A group led by the McCombs family has purchased the Tower Life Building, which had been owned by the Zachry family for nearly 80 years.

Filed Under: Architecture, History, Office, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: 300 Main, Alamo Capital Advisors, Atlee B. Ayers, Bexar Appraisal District, Ed Cross, F. Albert Smith, Frost Tower, Great Depression, H.B. Zachry, J.W. Young, Joe Shields, John H. Smith, Jon Wiegand, Majestic Theatre, McCombs Enterprises, McCombs family, Red McCombs, Robert M. Ayers, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Transit Tower, Smith-Young Tower, Tower Life building, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Zachry family

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

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

November 27, 2020 By Richard Webner 5 Comments

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: Center City Housing Incentives Policy, 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

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