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Pearl set to expand across river, into Samuels Glass building after commission approvals

November 4, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Samuel Glass Co. building at 221 Newell Ave. is slated to be renovated into the Market at Pearl.

The Pearl is poised to undergo its greatest expansion in years after the city’s Historic and Design Review Commission approved three projects at its Wednesday meeting.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Historic and Design Review Commission, Historic Preservation, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Cellars at Pearl, Clayton Korte, Elmira Apartments, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Market at Pearl, Newell Avenue, Pearl, Pearl Stable, Samuels Glass Co. building, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures, Southline Residences, Stephen Williams

Echo Bridge concerts under Roosevelt Avenue are now legal; and that’s just fine with its organizers

September 18, 2021 By Josh Feola

People gather under the Roosevelt Avenue Bridge on June 21, 2021, for a concert organized by the Echo Bridge Appreciation Society.

“They made a (concert) permit for us where there was none,” Jeff Wheeler, one of the Echo Bridge Music Society’s co-organizers, said of the San Antonio River Authority. “They understood that it was community-driven and that people love it already.”

Filed Under: Music, South Side Tagged With: Austin Leonard Jones, Bill Baird, Blue Star Arts Complex, Bob Livingston, Buttercup, claire rousay, Echo Bridge Appreciation Society, Erik Sanden, Fl!ght Gallery, Garrett T. Capps, Grupo Tan Tan, James Lifshutz, Jeff Wheeler, Justin Parr, Lindsey Verill, Lost Gonzo Band, Mrs. Frank W Sorrell Bridge, Piñata Protest, Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, Sam Gendel, San Antonio River, South Side Living & Maker Spaces, Tandem

Culinary destination planned for circa-1870s Maverick building on Soledad in downtown San Antonio

August 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo

R.S. Merit Real Estate Co. is planning an 11-room span inside a circa-1877 building at 112 Soledad St.

A historic preservation project consisting of multiple restaurants and a small hotel is taking shape in a two-story historic building on Soledad Street, next to the old Mexican Manhattan restaurant.

Filed Under: Development, Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Hotels, River Walk, Soledad Street Tagged With: Canopy By Hilton, David Wieder, Derek Rosson, Fairmount Hotel, H.H. Hugman, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Home2 Suites by Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk, La Fogota, Maverick building, Nonna Osteria, Nosh, R.S. Merit Real Estate Co., River Walk, Riverview Towers, San Antonio River, Silo, Silo Restaurant Group, Sprinkle & Co. Architects, The Floodgate, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Winston Hotels, Witte building

Austin developer gets final approval for 10-story apartment building near Pearl

August 15, 2021 By Ben Olivo

A 10-story mixed-use project by Sabot Development of Austin is planned for 322 E. Euclid Ave. near the Pearl.

The project by Sabot Development will consist of 299 market-rate units, 12,000 square feet of retail and 429 parking spaces.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, San Antonio River Tagged With: AREA Real Estate, Borden Creamery, Embry Partners, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jim Young, Julián Castro, Lynd Co., Mira, Museum Reacm, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures

Olivo: Lone Star Brewery’s $24M incentive deal needed more critical analysis

May 23, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The former Lone Star Brewery is eyed for redevelopment by Midway and GrayStreet Partners.

Any concerns about the sheer size of the Lone Star’s $24 million incentive deal, or over the potential displacement of nearby residents, were outweighed by the fact that someone is finally breathing new life into these ghostly industrial shells after 25 years.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Downtown Dispatches, Hotels, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, Office, Retail, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Ana Sandoval, Arts Residences, Barbara Casarez, Ben Olivo, Downtown Dispatches, GrayStreet Partners, Hotel Thompson San Antonio, John Courage, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Lone Star Neighborhood Association, Manny Pelaez, Midway, Mission Reach, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Property Assessed Clean Energy, Red Berry Estate, Richard Webner, Ron Nirenberg, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, SAISD, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, Thompson Hotel, Vero Soto

Council passes $24M Lone Star incentive package, despite community concerns

May 21, 2021 By Richard Webner

On Thursday, City Council unanimously approved $24 million in incentives to help a partnership between GrayStreet Partners and Midway succeed where so many others have failed: to redevelop the blighted Lone Star Brewery complex.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side, Southtown Tagged With: Barbara Casarez, City Council, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Inner City TIRZ, John Courage, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Lone Star Neighborhood Association, Midway, Peter French, Rebecca Flores, Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association, Rudy Lopez, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales, South Side, Teri Castillo, Thompson Neighborhood Association

Lone Star developers Midway, GrayStreet Partners seek $24M in city subsidies

May 4, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The Lone Star Brewery taken Feb. 6, 2021.

The developers of the Lone Star Brewery are seeking $24 million in subsidies from the City of San Antonio to cover the cost of infrastructure and other public upgrades in and around the long-abandoned site.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Lone Star, Mission Reach, Neighborhoods, San Antonio River, South Side Tagged With: Don Quigley, GrayStreet Partners, Inner City TIRZ, Lone Star, Lone Star Boulevard, Lone Star Brewery, Midway, Mission Reach, Peter French, Rebecca Viagran, San Antonio River, Shirley Gonzales

San Antonio’s African American archive and museum now open at La Villita

March 20, 2021 By Jolie Francis

The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum was originally founded in 2017 on the East Side and has recently moved to La Villita.

Filed Under: East Side, La Villita, Museums Tagged With: Deborah Omowale Jarmon, Eugene Coleman, La Villita, SAAACAM, San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, San Antonio River, SNAP, Sutton Home

Funeral home owner planning apartment-condo mid-rise in downtown San Antonio

December 12, 2020 By Ben Olivo

Robert “Dick” Tips, owner of Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, is pursuing the development of a mid-rise apartment and condo building near the Broadway corridor.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Retail Tagged With: 6th Street, Avenue E, Broadway, Brooklyn Avenue, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Fairmont Hotel, Griffin & Farrimond, James Griffin, Killen, Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries, Museum Reach, North Alamo Street, Pearl, Robert "Dick" Tips, San Antonio River

Pearl developer Silver Ventures plans to build 265 apartments across the river

November 30, 2020 By Ben Olivo

The Elmira Apartments, 1126 E. Elmira St., is a 265-unit, 7-story apartment complex with structured parking, and ground floor live-work units and retail, proposed by Silver Ventures. Courtesy Don B. McDonald Architect

The project would be the fourth major multifamily development by Silver Ventures, and would push the Pearl’s apartment total past 900 units.

Filed Under: Architecture, Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, River Walk, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Bill Shown, Can Plant, Cellars at Pearl, Credit Human, Don B. McDonald, Elmira Apartments, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Jefferson Bank, Museum Reach, Oxbox, Pearl, San Antonio River, Silver Ventures, Southline Residences

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