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Development Explorer: 29-story residential tower, retail center at Hemisfair

October 17, 2022 By Heron Staff

A 29-story residential tower and a three-level retail building are planned for East Market Street at Hemisfair in San Antonio, Texas, as shown in these renderings submitted for the Oct. 19, 2022, Historic and Design Review Commission meeting. Developer Post Lake Capital Partners of Austin is building the market-rate apartments and retail space.

New Hemisfair renderings show a 29-story, 360-unit apartment tower with a 7-level parking garage and 25,000 square feet of retail space on East Market Street. The plans are up for review this week.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Development Explorer, Hemisfair, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Market Street, Parking, Retail, River Walk Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City Council, Civic Park, Decade of Downtown, East Market, FitzGerald Associates Architects, Grand Hyatt, HDRC, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Historic and Design Review Commission, Julián Castro, NCAA Final Four, Post Lake Capital Partners, River Walk, Source Plaza, South Alamo, Zachry Hospitality

Development Profile: Zachry Hospitality submits design for Hemisfair’s 17-story boutique hotel

September 6, 2022 By Heron Staff

Renderings submitted by the Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp. show a 17-story, mixed-use tower to be built at Hemisfair at 222 S. Alamo St. The plans were scheduled to be presented to the Historic and Design Review Commission on Sept. 7, 2022.

The design for Hemisfair’s boutique hotel, an at-times controversial project that has gestates over several years, was given conceptual approval by the the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC) without discussion on Wednesday.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Historic and Design Review Commission, Hotels, Market Street, South Alamo, Tourism Tagged With: Alamo Plaza, Andres Andujar, Chris Jaworski, City Council, David Zachry, Final Four, H.B. "Pat" Zachry, HDRC, Hemisfair, HemisFair '68, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, Mike Villarreal, Overland Partners, Texas Legislature, Torch of Friendship, World’s Fair, Zachry Hospitality

CommonWealth Coffeehouse taking over former Rosella location on Jones Avenue

September 2, 2022 By Ben Olivo

Coffeehouse & Bakery as the upcoming tenant of the former Rosella spot at 203 E. Jones Ave.

In about two months, CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery is set to open its fifth location in the former Rosella Coffee & Wine Bar space at 203 E. Jones Ave.

Filed Under: Food & Drink Tagged With: Burns building, CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bakery, Concord Plaza, Hemisfair, Marcel Arana, Port San Antonio, Rosella Coffee & Wine Bar, Stone Oak, Weston Centre

Austin firm Sabot Development invests in historic San Antonio West Side building

July 19, 2022 By Richard Webner

The former National Grocery Company building at 421 N. Medina St. in west downtown was recently purchased by Sabot Development of Austin.

Sabot Development of Austin is setting its sights on the Cattleman Square area on San Antonio’s near West Side—one of the most blighted areas of the urban core.

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Transactions, VIA Metropolitan Transit, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Bexar County Adult Detention Center, Cattleman Square, David Adelman, DreamOn Group, Ed Cross, Grand building, Hemisfair, Jim Young, Lorraine Pulido, Mira, National Grocer Company building, North Frio, Rene Garcia, Rich Book building, Sabot Development, The '68, UTSA, VIA Centro Plaza, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Whitt Printing Building

Indiana company scales up hotel tower planned for South Alamo in downtown San Antonio

June 25, 2022 By Richard Webner

White Lodging of Merrillville, Indiana, has submitted plans to build a 347-room, 10-story boutique hotel at 423 S. Alamo St.

White Lodging is now planning a 10-story hotel tower facing Hemisfair’s Yanaguana Garden that includes a rooftop pool and bar, and a street-level steakhouse.

Filed Under: Development, Hotels, South Alamo Tagged With: HDRC, Hemisfair, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, HKS, Kimpton, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, La Villita, Marriott Plaza, Mike Banas, Office of Historic Preservation, South Alamo Street, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, White Lodging, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Hospitality

How municipal bonds work, and a brief history of them in San Antonio

April 28, 2022 By Richard Webner

What are bonds, exactly? Why does San Antonio pay for infrastructure the way it does? As early voting continues on the $1.2 billion bond package, the Heron answers these questions and others.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Elections, General News, Know Stuff, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 2007-2012 bond, 2012-2017 bond, 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Ben Gorzell, Carver Branch Library, Christine Drennon, City Council, City of San Antonio, Fitch, general obligation bonds, Grand Hyatt, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Henry Cisneros, Heywood Sanders, JP Morgan, Las Palmas Branch Library, Moody’s, Municipal Auditorium, Olmos Dam, Roberto Treviño, S&P, SAMCO Capital, San Antonio, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio River, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Sheryl Sculley, Siebert Williams Shank, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA

San Antonio City Council approves new agreement with Zachry for long-delayed Hemisfair project

April 7, 2022 By Richard Webner

Construction continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

On Thursday, City Council approved a new agreement with Zachry Hospitality to redevelop the northwest corner of Hemisfair after the company failed to pay rent or meet its construction deadlines in a 2017 deal.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: ’68 World’s Fair, Andy Segovia, City Council, David Adelman, David Zachry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., Hemisfair TIRZ, HPARC, John Courage, Johnson Trube & Associates, Lori Houston, NCAA Final Four, Richard Oliver, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, Tara Snowden, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, Vincent Michael, Visit San Antonio, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry, Zachry Hospitality

Photos: NIOSA expands into Hemisfair

April 7, 2022 By Heron Staff

Eric cracks a cascarón on his wife’s head, Kat, during the second night of A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, during Fiesta on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at La Villita in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

A year after a truncated version of A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, was held, the popular four-day event returned to La Villita, let’s say, wider than ever.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, La Villita, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: A Night in Old San Antonio, Fiesta, Hemisfair, La Villita, Maverick Plaza, NIOSA, The Conservation Society of San Antonio

Photos: Fiesta is back!

April 2, 2022 By Heron Staff

John-Paul Calvo and Uriel Diaz pose for a photo during Fiesta Fiesta at Hemisfair, San Antonio, TX, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Photo by Chris Stokes | Heron contributor

Thousands of people gathered for Fiesta Fiesta, the official start of San Antonio’s 11-day party with a purpose at Hemisfair on Thursday night.

Filed Under: Events, Fiesta, Hemisfair, Photos, Slideshows Tagged With: Fiesta, Fiesta Fiesta, Hemisfair

Photos: Cesar E. Chavez march returns to downtown San Antonio after two-year hiatus

March 26, 2022 By Heron Staff

Thousands of people march in the 26th annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice through downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

The 26th Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice returned to the streets of San Antonio this morning following a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic.

Filed Under: Events, Photos, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Cesar Chavez Foundation, Cesar E. Chavez Educational & Legacy Foundation, Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice, Erika Prosper, Ernest Martinez, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Hemisfair, Paul Chavez, Ron Nirenberg, United Farm Workers of America

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