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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

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

How municipal bonds work, and a brief history of them in San Antonio

April 28, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

What are bonds, exactly? Why does San Antonio pay for infrastructure the way it does? As early voting continues on the $1.2 billion bond package, the Heron answers these questions and others.

Filed Under: 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Elections, General News, Know Stuff, Sidebar Deep Dive Tagged With: 2007-2012 bond, 2012-2017 bond, 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, Ben Gorzell, Carver Branch Library, Christine Drennon, City Council, City of San Antonio, Fitch, general obligation bonds, Grand Hyatt, Hemisfair, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Henry Cisneros, Heywood Sanders, JP Morgan, Las Palmas Branch Library, Moody’s, Municipal Auditorium, Olmos Dam, Roberto Treviño, S&P, SAMCO Capital, San Antonio, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio Police Department, San Antonio River, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Sheryl Sculley, Siebert Williams Shank, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA

Rising rents, high occupancies signal ‘Decade of Downtown’ in San Antonio has worked, developers say

February 4, 2022 By Richard Webner 89 Comments

San Antonio Downtown drone shot.

The downtown San Antonio apartment market, which city leaders went to such great effort to grow, has matured to a point where it is drawing major attention from out-of-town investors.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Deep Dive, Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Southtown Tagged With: 120 Ninth Street, Alamo Manhattan, Augusta Flats, Austin Investor Interests, Blackstone, Brad Miller, Brady Tower, Broadway, Broadway East, Cadillac Lofts, Canopy By Hilton, CCHIP, Cellars at Pearl, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Constellation Group, Covid-19, Crockett Urban Ventures, David Adelman, Decade of Downtown, Ed Cross, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, Flats at River North, Franklin Templeton Investments, Government Hill, GrayStreet Partners, Hemisfair, HemisFair Park PFC, HemisView Village, Heritage Plaza, Inspire Downtown, Institutional Property Advisors, Jeremy Jessop, JJ Real Co., Jones & Rio, Jones and Rio, Julián Castro, Midway, Mission Escondida, Mission Reach, Mission Trails, Museum Reach, Patrick Shearer, Pearl, River Walk, Rivera on Broadway, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, SC Bodner Company, Southline, Southtown, Southtown Flats, Stillwater Capital, Strategic Housing Implementation Plan, Strategic Property Investment, The '68, The Agave, The Baldwin, The Floodgate, Towers at the Majestic, University of Texas at San Antonio, Vistana, West Oaks, Weston Urban, White Conlee

Former Estrada Hardware building in west downtown San Antonio purchased

September 30, 2021 By Richard Webner 10 Comments

The former Estrada Hardware building at 830 W. Commerce St. has been sold to a development team that includes a local real estate agent.

A group that includes local real estate agent Dix Densley has purchased a historic landmark on the near West Side with plans to renovate it in a way that “will pay homage to the building and its history.”

Filed Under: Historic Preservation, Transactions, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: 4D Real Ventures, Arnoldo Estrada, Beth Standifird, Cattleman Square Historic District, Dashiell House, David Adelman, DGSD – 830 W. Commerce St. LLC, Dix Densley, Estrada Hardware store, Express-News, San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation, Sterling Hotel, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Whitt building

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

August 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 8 Comments

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

Profile: Councilman McKee-Rodriguez’s former students inspired his interest in politics

August 12, 2021 By Maggie Ryan 49 Comments

Portrait of Jalen McKee-Rodriguez. July 15, 2021. City Hall office.

For District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, the path to public office was spurred by a desire to improve the lives of the students he once taught.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, East Side, Elections, Politics Tagged With: Davis Middle School, Donald Trump, Ella Austin Community Center, Friedrich Lofts, Jada Andrews-Sullivan, Jalen McKee-Rodriguez, Lou Miller, Michael McGee, Sam Houston High School, Tucker’s Kozy Korner, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at San Antonio, UT, UTSA, William McManus

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

A closer look at Weston Urban’s 15-story mixed-use project in west downtown San Antonio

July 18, 2021 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The 15-story, 255-unit Weston Urban development from the perspective of West Commerce Street.

Weston Urban plans to build a 15-story apartment building between the former Continental Hotel and Arana building in west downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, Development, Housing, Office, Parking, Retail, San Pedro Creek, Tech District, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alfred Giles, Arana building, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., Continental Hotel, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Kline’s building, Leeds building, Leo M.J. Dielmann, Lone Star Brewery, Melchio de la Garza House, O. Henry House, O. Henry House Museum, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Spanish Colonial, Trish DeBerry, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA School of Data Science, Weston Urban

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