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Development Profile: Continental Hotel project construction in downtown San Antonio scheduled to begin September

July 26, 2022 By Heron Staff 3 Comments

Rendering shows the Continental Hotel and Arana Building project, 332 W. Commerce St., from the South Laredo and Dolorosa in San Antonio, Texas.

Weston Urban plans to build 255 apartments behind the old Continental Hotel on West Commerce Street.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Housing, Office, Retail, Weston Urban Tagged With: Arana building, Continental Hotel, Randy Smith, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Weston Urban

Nirenberg, Wolff: San Antonio business leaders interested in buying Missions

July 8, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

Mayor Ron Nirenberg speaks at a ground breaking ceremony for 300 Main, the 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner North Main Avenue and East Travis Street on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Several local business leaders are interested in buying stakes in the San Antonio Missions baseball team, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and County Judge Nelson Wolff said in separate interviews, while declining to say who the leaders were.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, San Pedro Creek, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Elmore Sports Group, Freeman Coliseum, Jeremy Sneed, Major League Baseball, Mario Bravo, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, Nelson Wolff, Peter J. Holt, Randy Smith, River Walk, Roy Bragg, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, Tommy Calvert, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

A stadium or a new waterway? Leaders present competing visions for site in west downtown San Antonio

July 1, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Convent Park River Walk entrance at Convent and Augusta streets is where The Link could begin and head west, connecting to the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

Two envisioned projects for west downtown—The Link from County Commissioner Tommy Calvert and a sports stadium by Weston Urban —could be competing head-to-head.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Parks & Plazas, River Walk, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, Sports, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Al Groves, Alamodome, Artpace, AT&T Center, Bexar County, Brenda Vickrey Johnson, Chuck Brehm, City of San Antonio, Clayton Perry, Decade of Downtown, Graham Weston, Mario Bravo, Monica Trevino-Ortega, Nelson Wolff, Randy Smith, Riley Robinson, River Walk, SAISD, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio—Toyota Field, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Teri Castillo, Tommy Calvert, Vickrey & Associates, Weston Urban

Exclusive: Weston Urban pursuing land for potential sports stadium in downtown San Antonio

June 30, 2022 By Richard Webner 4 Comments

Property in the foreground, at the corner of North Flores and West Martin streets, are being eyed for a stadium by developer Weston Urban. June 29, 2022.

Weston Urban has lately approached at least two entities that own property near San Pedro Creek seeking to buy their land while mentioning plans to build a sports stadium.

Filed Under: Development, San Pedro Creek, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alamodome, American GI Forum, Artpace San Antonio, Barrett Sports Group, Bernard Toomey, Bexar County, Fox Tech High School, Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Institute of Texas Cultures, Jeremy Sneed, John Toomey, Kedrick Wright, Monica Ramos, Randy Smith, Riley Robinson, River Walk, SAISD, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, The Rand, Tommy Calvert, Toomey Family Limited Partnership, Weston Urban, Wolff Stadium

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

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

Bexar County, Weston Urban to partner on apartments at Continental Hotel in west downtown San Antonio

June 19, 2021 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The former Continental Hotel, 322 W. Commerce St., will be sold to a developer for the production of mixed-use, mixed-income housing. Photo taken by Ben Olivo | Heron on Sept. 9, 2019

A nonprofit arm of Bexar County is set to partner with developer Weston Urban to build a 250-unit mixed-income apartment project on West Commerce Street.

Filed Under: Bexar County, Commerce Street, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, San Pedro Creek, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Arana building, avid Marquez, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., Continental Hotel, De la Garza House, Frost Tower, James Lifshutz, Kline’s building, Leeds building, Metropolitan Health District, Nelson Wolff, O. Henry House Museum, Randy Smith, River Walk, San Pedro Creek, Spanish Governor's Palace, Texas Public Radio, Trish DeBerry, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

Weston Urban buys former Navy Club site on River Walk

January 21, 2021 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

Weston Urban has purchased an historic building on the River Walk that once housed the famous Navy Club nightclub in order to provide river access to the adjacent Milam Building, which it plans to refurbish.

Filed Under: Development, River Walk, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Frost Bank, Historic and Design Review Commission, Milam building, Navy Club, Phillip Sfair, Randy Smith, Weston Centre, Weston Urban

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

November 27, 2020 By Richard Webner 4 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: 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

Weston Urban adds another building to its west downtown portfolio

September 11, 2018 By Ben Olivo 3 Comments

Two weeks ago, the developer purchased an old two-story commercial building on the northwest corner of Commerce and North Flores streets.

Filed Under: Development, Office, Retail Tagged With: 7-Eleven, Frost Bank, Graham Weston, MetroPCS, Municipal Plaza building, Randy Smith, VIA, Weston Urban

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