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Apartments proposed for historic Tower Life Building in downtown San Antonio

August 9, 2022 By Ben Olivo

The Tower Life Building, 310 S. St Mary's St., in San Antonio, Texas, taken Dec. 7, 2021.

The Tower Life Building’s new owners want to convert the long-time office building into 234 apartments with 10,000 square feet of restaurant space each on the ground and river levels.

Filed Under: Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Development, Development Explorer, Historic Preservation, History, Housing, Office, Tower Life Building Tagged With: Alamo Capital Advisors, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., City of San Antonio, Commissioners Court, Continental Hotel, David Marquez, Ed Cross, Jon Wiegand, Justin Rodriguez, McCombs Enterprises, Nelson Wolff, Ron Nirenberg, SA Tower Life, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Tommy Calvert, Tower Life building, Weston Urban

Photos: Blood moon dots San Antonio sky

May 16, 2022 By Ben Olivo

A total lunar eclipse, aka the red blood moon, hangs above downtown San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday night, May 15, 2022.

A total lunar eclipse, aka a red blood moon, hung above downtown San Antonio on Sunday night.

Filed Under: Photos Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Moon, Red blood moon, Thai Lucky, Torch of Friendship, Total lunar eclipse, Tower Life building, Tower of the Americas

GrayStreet buys seven-story Tower Life parking garage

May 10, 2022 By Richard Webner

The parking garage connected to the Tower Life Building was purchased by local developer Graystreet Partners on May 2, 2022

Downtown developer GrayStreet Partners has purchased the parking garage attached to the iconic Tower Life Building from the Zachry family.

Filed Under: Parking, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: Bexar Appraisal District, CPS Energy, Ed Cross, GrayStreet Partners, Jon Wiegand, Kevin Covey, McCombs, Peter French, River Walk, SA Tower Life LP, Tower Life building, Villita Street, Zachry

Tower Life Building sold to ownership group led by McCombs family

May 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo

The Tower Life Building, 310 S. St Mary's St., in San Antonio, Texas, taken Dec. 1, 2021.

A group led by the McCombs family has purchased the Tower Life Building, which had been owned by the Zachry family for nearly 80 years.

Filed Under: Architecture, History, Office, Tower Life Building, Transactions Tagged With: 300 Main, Alamo Capital Advisors, Atlee B. Ayers, Bexar Appraisal District, Ed Cross, F. Albert Smith, Frost Tower, Great Depression, H.B. Zachry, J.W. Young, Joe Shields, John H. Smith, Jon Wiegand, Majestic Theatre, McCombs Enterprises, McCombs family, Red McCombs, Robert M. Ayers, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, San Antonio Transit Tower, Smith-Young Tower, Tower Life building, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Weston Urban, Zachry family

Los Angeles firm to begin transformation of former CPS Energy building on San Antonio River Walk

April 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo

BH Properties of Los Angeles plans to upgrade CPS Energy's former office building at 146 Navarro St., which will include 20,000 square feet of ground-level retail and restaurant space.

BH Properties of Los Angeles announced last week that it’s preparing to start refurbishing CPS Energy’s former office building on Navarro Street into what it describes as a mixed-use destination on the River Walk.

Filed Under: Architecture, CPS Energy, Development, Navarro Street, Office, Parking, Retail, River Walk, South Presa Tagged With: Andrew Van Tuyle, Anuradha Koli, BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, Centro San Antonio, CPS Energy, Gensler, GrayStreet Partners, La Villita, Navarro Street, River Walk, South Presa Street, Tower Life building

Fort Worth-area developer buys Villita Street properties where twin high-rises were envisioned

January 13, 2022 By Richard Webner

This vacant lot, 112 Villita St., was recently purchased by Newstream Capital, based in Roanoke, a northern suburb of Fort Worth, on Dec. 27, 2021.

Newstream Capital, from a northern suburb of Fort Worth, bought two properties on Villita Street, across from the Tower Life Building. The firm is still deciding what to build on them.

Filed Under: Development, Transactions Tagged With: BH Properties, Blueprint Hospitality, CPS Energy, GrayStreet Partners, JMJ Development, Mexican Consulate, Newstream Capital, Riverwalk Plaza hotel, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Strategic Property Investment, Tim Nystrom, Tower Life building, Villita Street

Granada Homes restoration takes building back to original 1928 days

May 25, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The $51 million renovation of the Granada Homes building on South St. Mary’s and Villita streets includes restoring the common areas to look almost exactly as they did when the building opened in 1928 as the Plaza Hotel.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, Development, Historic Preservation, History, Housing, River Walk, San Antonio Housing Authority, St. Mary's Street Tagged With: AFL-CIO, Emily Morgan, Granada Homes, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Mark Tolley, Medical Arts Building, Milam building, Mission DG, Plaza Hotel, SAHA, San Antonio Building and Construction Trades Council, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Housing Authority, Shane Denn, Smith-Young Tower, Tower Life building

Museum Reach Lofts, rare affordable housing near San Antonio’s Pearl district, welcomes first residents

December 12, 2020 By Ben Olivo

The Museum Reach Lofts, a true affordable housing building in the downtown area, welcomed its first residents this week near the Pearl.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, River North Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Broadway, Calcasieu Apartments, Cattleman Square Lofts, Jennifer Gonzale, Michael Shackelford, Midtown, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach Lofts, North St. Mary's Street, Pearl, SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan, San Antonio Museum of Art, Tower Life building, Tower of the Americas, West Jones Avenue

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