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

April 7, 2022 By Richard Webner 52 Comments

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

Mayor Nirenberg, City Council signal support for revised Zachry-Hemisfair lease

March 16, 2022 By Richard Webner 58 Comments

Construction continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Monday, March 14, 2022.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and the City Council gave enthusiastic support on Wednesday to the city’s proposal to rewrite a five-year-old agreement with Zachry Hospitality regarding its plan to develop the northwest corner of Hemisfair, a long-delayed project.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City Council, City of San Antonio, Civic Park, David Adelman, David Zachry, HDRC, Hemisfair, HemisFair '68, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HemisFair Park PFC, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Hemisfair Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Hemisfair TIRZ, Historic and Design Review Commission, HPARC, John Courage, Johnson Trube & Associates, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, NCAA Final Four, NRP Group, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry, Zachry Corp., Zachry Hospitality

Zachry’s failure to make Hemisfair rent payments prompts new lease agreement

March 14, 2022 By Richard Webner 67 Comments

Constructions continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Monday, March 14, 2022.

Years behind schedule, the construction of Hemisfair’s Civic Park has been delayed in part by Zachry Hospitality’s inability to start construction of its multi-use development.

Filed Under: 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: ’68 World’s Fair, Andres Andujar, Cambridge Holdings, City Council, Civic Park, Convention Center, David Zachry, East Market Street, H.B. Zachry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HemisFair Park PFC, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Hilton Palacio Del Rio, HPARC, John Jacks, Lori Houston, Lynd Hospitality, Mario Bravo, Omar Gonzalez, Rod Radle, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, South Alamo Street, Tara Snowden, Thea Setterbo, Tower of the Americas, Tower Park, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Hospitality

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

San Antonio’s City Council approves 10-year affordable housing plan

December 17, 2021 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

Housing file art San Antonio Texas.

The City Council on Thursday approved the Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, a framework document with the overarching goal of helping 95,000 households in San Antonio who spend more than 30% of their monthly income on housing.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing Tagged With: Bexar County, City Council, Clayton Perry, Cynthia Spielman, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Jessica O. Guerrero, Kristin Davila, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Ron Nirenberg, SA: Ready to Work program, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, SHIP, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Teri Castillo

Housing bond meeting gets heated as members debate how best to serve San Antonio’s 95K vulnerable households

November 19, 2021 By Ben Olivo 48 Comments

The 2022-2027 housing bond committee met Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, for the second time.

Calls for spending all $150 million in potential housing bond dollars on San Antonio’s most vulnerable populations permeated the housing bond committee’s second meeting held Wednesday night at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Housing, Neighborhoods Tagged With: 2022-2027 bond, 2027-2032 bond, Alamo Community Group, Alazan Courts, Alazán-Apache Courts, Art Reinhardt, Brett Finley, Celine Williams, City Council, East Meadows, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Erik Walsh, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Graciela Sanchez, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Housing Policy Framework, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jose Gonzales II, Katie Vela, Kayla Miranda, Leilah Powell, Linda Ortega, LISC San Antonio, Lori Houston, Mia Loseff, My City is My Home, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Rebecca Flores, Rich Acosta, SA: Ready to Work program, SAHA, San Antonio Board of Realtors, San Antonio Housing Authority, SARAH, Shirley Gonzales, SHP, South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless, SouthStar Communities, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Texas Housers, Thad Rutherford, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Veronica Soto, Wheatley Courts, WSP USA

Council delays ordinance requiring future housing developments to consider voucher holders

April 16, 2021 By Gaige Davila 2 Comments

Frost Bank and Weston Urban, which co-developed the tower along with KDC of Dallas, hosted a media tour on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Photo by Ben Olivo | Heron

The approval of an ordinance that would require future housing developments that receive city incentives to consider tenants with housing vouchers has been delayed by the City Council.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Trust Tagged With: Ana Sandoval, City Council, Clayton Perry, Erik Walsh, Housing Authority of Bexar County, Lori Houston, Manny Pelaez, My City is My Home, Neighborhood & Housing Services Department, Rich Acosta, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Section 8, Veronica Soto

San Antonio City Council votes 10-1 to approve new Alamo plan

April 15, 2021 By Richard Webner 5 Comments

The effort to overhaul the Alamo complex, which many had taken for dead last year, got a jump-start Thursday when City Council approved a deal with the state that will repurpose the historic Woolworth building and leave the Cenotaph in place.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, City of San Antonio, Texas Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Cenotaph, Alamo Endowment, Alamo Plaza, Alamo Trust, Battle of Flowers Parade, Clayton Perry, Dan Patrick, Davy Crockett, Erik Kramer, Fiesta Flambeau Parade, José Toribio Losoya, Lori Houston, Rebecca Viagran, Reed-Hilderbrand, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, Shirley Gonzales, Texas General Land Office, William B. Travis

Charter amendment intended to add ‘affordable’ housing in San Antonio. Here’s what you’ll be voting on in May

March 2, 2021 By Ben Olivo 10 Comments

If approved by voters in May, the city charter amendment would allow bond dollars to be spent on housing and economic development projects.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Housing Tagged With: 2017-2022 bond program, affordable housing, Alazan Courts, Andy Segovia, Boyz II Men, city charter, City Council, Clayton Perry, Housing Commission, Jessica O. Guerrero, Lori Houston, Mayor's Housing Policy Task Force, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Sarah Sanchez, Vero Soto, workforce housing

Hemisfair Civic Park gets encouragement from City Council, despite delays

February 11, 2021 By Richard Webner 61 Comments

City Council members were by and large supportive of the Hemisfair redevelopment project, which has struggled for years with construction delays, during a presentation Wednesday.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: City Council, Civic Park, Clayton Perry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HPARC, John Courage, Lori Houston, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Omar Gonzalez, Razi Hosseini, Ron Nirenberg, Thea Setterbo, Yanaguana Garden

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