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UTSA receives funding for next Dolorosa building in downtown San Antonio

November 18, 2022 By Heron Staff 1 Comment

UTSA is preparing to design its new Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Careers (IEC) building at Dolorosa and South Laredo streets. This renderings is for illustration purposes and does not represent the final design.

UTSA’s $124 million Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Careers (IEC) building, the university’s next phase on Dolorosa, received full funding.

Filed Under: Development, Education, UTSA, West Downtown Tagged With: Bexar County jail, Bruce Hill, Entrepreneurship and Careers building, Gensler, Graham Weston, Innovation, Joe Izbrand, Kimberly Andrews Espy, National Security Collaboration Center, Overland Parters, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, San Pedro I, San Pedro II, School of Data Science, Taylor Eighmy, The University of Texas System Board of Regents, University of Texas at San Antonio, UT Permanent University Fund, UTSA, Weston Urban

San Antonio Missions investor purchased land in May near potential baseball stadium site

November 8, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

In May 2022, the property at 803 S. Medina St., north of the Guadalupe Street bridge, was purchased by a partnership managed by Bruce Hill, one of the investors buying the San Antonio Missions baseball team.

A partnership managed by Bruce Hill, one of the investors buying the San Antonio Missions double-A baseball team, purchased property on the near West Side in May, nearly adjacent to a site highlighted in a 2016 report as a suitable spot for a downtown baseball stadium.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Sports, Transactions, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: AK Gillis & Sons I Ltd., Artpace San Antonio, Barrett Sports Group, Bruce Hill, CCDO, Center City Development and Operations Department, Centro San Antonio, Chilton Real Estate – Medina LP, City of San Antonio, Frank D. Wing Municipal Court Building, Graham Weston, Guadalupe Street, Kelly Saunders, Lone Star Materials, Nelson Wolff Municipal Stadium, Riley Robinson, Roger Hill, San Antonio, San Antonio Missions, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, South Frio Street, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

Development Profile: UTSA School of Data Science, National Security Collaboration Center

October 16, 2022 By Heron Staff Leave a Comment

San Pedro Creek Culture Park opens to the public on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, which include a segment next to the future UTSA UTSA School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, 506 Dolorosa, San Antonio, Texas.

UTSA’s School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, 506 Dolorosa, are scheduled to officially open for the spring semester in January.

Filed Under: Development, Education, UTSA, West Downtown Tagged With: Joe Izbrand, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA School of Data Science

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

Bexar County commissioners advance The Link project despite concerns about no city support

July 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

An area of west downtown envisioned as a connection for The Link to San Pedro Creek.

On Tuesday morning, concerns over whether the city of San Antonio would support The Link project led to sparring between Bexar County commissioners, who voted 3-2 to approve a $2 million feasibility study.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Parks & Plazas, River Walk, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, West Downtown Tagged With: Al Groves, Chuck Brehm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Justin Rodriguez, Kerry Averyt, Marialyn Barnard, Mario Bravo, Mission Reach, Museum Reach, Nelson Wolff, Rebeca Clay-Flores, River Walk, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio River Authority, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Link, Tommy Calvert, Vickrey & Associates, 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

‘We’ve been gentrified.’ McKee-Rodriguez spurring new conversation about gentrification in San Antonio

June 11, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

Development has increased around San Antonio’s Government Hill neighborhood over the last few years, resulting in modern out of place seeming homes and condos next to historic family residences as seen on Dec. 30, 2021.

District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez wants a displacement study completed when developers seek incentives from the city.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Government Hill, Housing, Neighborhoods, Property Values Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, Decade of Downtown, Denver Heights, Diego Bernal, Dignowity Hill, Encore, Ford Foundation, ForEveryoneHome, Friedrich Air Conditioning Co., Government Hill, Grayson Heights, Grounded Solutions Network, Ian Benavidez, Inner City TIRZ, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Julián Castro, María Villagómez, Mario Bravo, Midtown TIRZ, Mission Escondida, Mission Trails, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, Phyllis Viagran, Provident Realty Advisors, San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp., San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Soap Factory, Soapworks, White Conlee

Historic Palace Livery Stable turned Artes Graficas print shop sold to San Antonio real estate firm

May 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Palace Livery Stable, 115 Camaron St., was recently purchased by real estate firm DJE Texas Management Group of San Antonio.

A local real estate firm plans to move into the historic Palace Livery Stable and Artes Graficas print shop building at 115 Camaron St.

Filed Under: History, Office, San Pedro Creek, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: 300 Main, Alameda Theater, Alvarado & Alvarado, Artes Graficas, Bexar Appraisal District, Central Candy Company, Continental Hotel, Devin Elder, DJE Texas Management Group, DK Realty Advisors, Frost Tower, Harris Bay, Office of Historic Preservation, Palace Livery Stable, Penner’s, San Antonio Police History Archive, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Helix Apartments, Travis Building, UTSA, Weston Urban

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