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GrayStreet sells key Southtown retail strip to Austin firm

December 27, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The retail strip at South Alamo and South St. Mary's streets was recently sold in November 2022 by San Antonio developer Kevin Covey to an Austin firm.

A popular Southtown retail strip, home to Pharm Table, Mixtli and Brown Coffee Co., has been sold to an Austin firm.

Filed Under: Retail, Southtown, Transactions Tagged With: Andrew Weissman, Brown Coffee Co., Christopher Grossman, GrayStreet Partners, Ironwood Real Estate, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Midway, Mixtli, Peter French, Pharm Table, Renaissance Tower, Southtown, Southtown Junction LP, State Life Insurance Company, Texas Highway Patrol Museum, Tower Life, Travis Park Plaza

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

Los Angeles firm to begin transformation of former CPS Energy building on San Antonio River Walk

April 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo 61 Comments

BH Properties of Los Angeles plans to upgrade CPS Energy's former office building at 146 Navarro St., which will include 20,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space.

BH Properties of Los Angeles announced last week that it’s preparing to start refurbishing CPS Energy’s former office building on Navarro Street into what it describes as a mixed-use destination on the River Walk.

Filed Under: Architecture, CPS Energy, Development, Navarro Street, Office, Parking, Retail, River Walk, South Presa Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, Anuradha Koli, BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, Centro San Antonio, CPS Energy, Gensler, GrayStreet Partners, La Villita, Navarro Street, River Walk, South Presa Street, Tower Life building

‘Along the lines of Hotel Emma.’ Austin developer has big plans for San Antonio Express-News building

April 1, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The former San Antonio Express-News building, 301 Avenue E, was recently purchased by Sutton Co. of Austin, which has plans to convert it into a mixed-use development.

Sutton Co. of Austin plans to convert the 1929 newspaper building into a boutique hotel with multifamily housing, retail and perhaps even a music venue.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic Preservation, Hotels, Housing Tagged With: Austin American-Statesman, Austin City Limits, Avenue Lofts, Chicago Tribune, First United Methodist Church, GrayStreet Partners, Hotel Emma, Light Building, Los Angeles Times building, Mac Pike, Mark Medici, Moody Theater, Opportunity Zone, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Sutton Co., The Hearst Corp., The Plaza Lofts, Tribune Tower

Lone Star Brewery project uncertain as GrayStreet-Midway offers 32-acre property for sale

March 10, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

The Lone Star Brewery taken Feb. 6, 2021.

The $596 million Lone Star Brewery project, which local developer GrayStreet Partners and Houston mega-developer Midway unveiled last year to great excitement, now faces an uncertain future.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: City Council, Craig Cargotta, Elizabeth Mercado, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City TIRZ, Jeff Hunt, JLL, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Midway, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Peter French, Rebecca Flores, Red Berry Estate, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, Shirley Gonzales

Tax subsidy sometimes used for affordable housing redirected to Broadway attractions north of downtown San Antonio

February 23, 2022 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The San Antonio Zoo is considering several improvement projects totaling around $50 million including a gorilla enclosure, renovations to existing buildings and a completely new front gate.

A financial tool used to help fund affordable housing was recently repurposed for the San Antonio Zoo, the Witte Museum, Garden and Brackenridge Park, a move that has some nonprofit developers scratching their heads.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, Broadway, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, How Things Work, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Property Values, River North, San Antonio Zoo, Tobin Hill Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, Alamo Community Group, Brackenridge Park, Broadway, Brooks City-Base TIRZ, ButterKrust Bakery, Cattleman Square Lofts, Cellars at the Pearl, City Council, City of San Antonio, Encore Multifamily, Erik Walsh, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street TIRZ, Inner City TIRZ, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jones & Rio, Lone Star Brewery, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, Maverick Dog Park, Midtown TIRZ, Midway, Museum Reach, Museum Reach Lofts, Pearl, Prospera Housing Community Services, Ryan M. Sweeney, SA: Ready to Work, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Zoo, San Pedro Springs Park, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Sunken Garden Theater, Tim Morrow, Vista Verde Apartments, Westside TIRZ, Witte Museum

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, 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

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, 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

Fort Worth-area developer buys Villita Street properties where twin high-rises were envisioned

January 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

This vacant lot, 112 Villita St., was recently purchased by Newstream Capital, based in Roanoke, a northern suburb of Fort Worth, on Dec. 27, 2021.

Newstream Capital, from a northern suburb of Fort Worth, bought two properties on Villita Street, across from the Tower Life Building. The firm is still deciding what to build on them.

Filed Under: Development, Transactions Tagged With: BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, CPS Energy, GrayStreet Partners, JMJ Development, Mexican Consulate, Newstream Capital, Riverwalk Plaza hotel, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Strategic Property Investment, Tim Nystrom, Tower Life building, Villita Street

GrayStreet Partners buys parking lot next to Mexican Consulate from CPS Energy

January 11, 2022 By Richard Webner 55 Comments

This lot at 121 Navarro St., formerly owned by CPS Energy, was recently purchased by local developer GrayStreet Partners.

Downtown developer GrayStreet Partners on Thursday purchased a one-acre parking lot from CPS Energy, next to the Mexican Consulate and across from the Tower Life Building, in the heart of downtown.

Filed Under: CPS Energy, Transactions Tagged With: BH Properties, CPS Energy, GrayStreet Partners, Kevin Covey, Lone Star Brewery, Mexican Consulate, Midway, Nora Castro, Peter French, Villita Assembly

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