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Circa-1920s Exchange Building up for sale

April 25, 2022 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

The circa-1920s Exchange Building, 152 E. Pecan St., currently a 10-story apartment building, is up for sale. April 25, 2022.

The owners of the Exchange Building, which includes the San Antonio Housing Trust Foundation, are preparing to sell the Prohibition-era building to a local buyer.

Filed Under: Housing, San Antonio Housing Trust, St. Mary's Street, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Weissman, David Lake, Exchange Building, Graham Weston, John Courage, La Reve, Lake|Flato, Michael Sohocki, Pete Alanis, Restaurant Gwendolyn, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust Foundation, Ted Flato, Thomas Guggolz, Weston Centre

Weston Urban expected to buy Koehler House to serve as hotel, restaurant

February 21, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Koehler House is located at 310 W. Ashby Place.

Developer Weston Urban is reaching beyond downtown as it prepares to buy the historic Koehler House from the Alamo Colleges District.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Hotels, Tobin Hill, Transactions, Weston Urban Tagged With: ', Alamo Colleges District, Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Catholic Student Center, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Dr. Robert Vela, Dry Goods Building, Frost Tower, Geekdom, Graham Weston, Hughes home, Jordan McMorrough, Koehler Cultural Center, Koehler House, Office of Historic Preservation, Otto Koehler, Pearl Brewery, Rand building, Randy Smith, San Antonio College, Savoy building, Shanon Shea Miller, Texas Historic Landmark, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Weston Urban

GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized

January 20, 2022 By Richard Webner 55 Comments

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, Restaurants, Retail, 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

80/20 Foundation, SBA grants to help San Antonio Heron grow

September 7, 2021 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Skyline downtown San Antonio.

The San Antonio Heron has received a pair of $10,000 grants, which come as the citywide housing discussion is getting ready to heat up.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: 80/20 Foundation, Graham Weston, Heron, San Antonio Heron, SBA Targeted EIDL Advance, Students + Startups, U.S. Small Business Administration, Weston Urban

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

July 22, 2021 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

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

Developers of $400M Riverplace project sign incentive agreement with city

April 20, 2021 By Richard Webner 53 Comments

Riverplace is a planned $400 million mixed-use development in northwest downtown that would occupy both sides of the River Walk.

Riverplace would fill about 3.2 acres of land with a 20-story multifamily building, a 17-story condominium building and an office building of undetermined height, along with the 21-story Dream Hotel.

Filed Under: Architecture, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Historic Preservation, Hotels, Housing, Office, River Walk Tagged With: Arts Residences at Thompson San Antonio, Chuck Brehm, Dream Hotel, Edmund Beck, Geekdom, Graham Weston, Real International, River Walk, Riverplace, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Universal Services Group, Weston Urban

Pinkerton’s Barbecue, named one of Texas’ best, set to debut in downtown San Antonio

February 12, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr. 3 Comments

Grant Pinkerton, owner of Pinkerton's Barbecue, poses for a photo inside the pit room of his new restaurant at Weston Urban park.

Pinkerton’s Barbecue of Houston is getting ready to open its first San Antonio location this Saturday at the Weston Urban park.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Parks & Plazas, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: 2m Smokehouse, Black's BBQ, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, David Robinson Jr., Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Grant Pinkerton, Hill Country, Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Millscale Metal Works, Pinkerton's Barbecue, Smitty's Market, University of Texas at Austin, Weston Urban park

UTSA has started building its data science school, national security center on Dolorosa

January 31, 2021 By Ben Olivo 67 Comments

In December, UTSA began expanding its downtown presence with the construction of a six-story building on Dolorosa that will house its new School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Education, San Pedro Creek, Tech, Tech District, UTSA, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Continental Hotel, Dolorosa, Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Houston Street, San Pedro Creek, Taylor Eighmy, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Texas System Board of Regents, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA Open Cloud Institute, UTSA School of Data Science

Maverick Park makeover, which includes new dog park on Broadway, nears completion

January 6, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr. 3 Comments

The Maverick Park project will add a large dog park to the Broadway corridor, with areas for small and large pups.

Filed Under: Broadway, Parks & Plazas, River North Tagged With: 80/20 Foundation, Ashley Riley, Bender Wells Design, Broadway, Graham Weston, Joe Alderete III, Larry Clark, Maverick Park, San Antonio Parks Foundation

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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