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Houston developer Urban Genesis prepares to start 3 apartment projects in Tobin Hill

November 21, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

Houston developer Urban Genesis is planning to build 61 market-rate apartments here on the corner of East Elmira and North St. Mary’s streets in San Antonio, Texas. Construction is expected to begin first quarter 2023.

Houston developer Urban Genesis says it’s on schedule to start construction on its holdings on and off North St. Mary’s Street—overall, a $45 million series of developments for a total of 178 market-rate apartments—by first quarter 2023.

Filed Under: Development, Development Explorer, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, North St. Mary's, St. Mary's Strip, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Broadway, Elmira Highline, Matt Shafiezadeh, Pearl, Pearl Highline, SoJo Highline, St. Mary's Strip, St. Mary’s Highline, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Highline, Urban Genesis

Harris Bay planning 1,000-unit, mixed-use development in rapidly-growing Tobin Hill

November 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

A 1,000-unit apartment development, spread across four parcels, is being proposed for West Josephine Street near North St. Mary's Street by developer Jake Harris in San Antonio, Texas. This is Polk Street, between West Josephine and West Grayson.

Developer Jake Harris is planning to build a 1,000-apartment project West Josephine that would also touch the St. Mary’s Strip. If built, it would add the flurry of new housing developments either under construction or in the planning stage for Tobin Hill.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, North St. Mary's, Parking, Retail, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Alfonso Robalin, Chad Cary, Embrey Partners, Harris Bay, Jake Harris, Mario Bravo, Matt Shafiezadeh, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy, North St. Mary's Street, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Oxbow Development Group, Patrick Christensen, Pearl, Polk Street, Sabot Development, San Antonio River, St. Mary's Strip, Texas Neon Advertising Company, The Josephine, The Lonesome Rose, The Lynd Co., Tin Top Flats at The Creamery, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Travis Building, Urban Genesis, West Grayson Street, West Josephine Street

Larger portion of CPS Energy’s Jones Avenue property now for sale

May 31, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

The vacant property at 326 W. Jones Ave. has been on the market by CPS Energy for at least three years.

Since hiring an international real estate brokerage firm in 2018, CPS Energy has struggled to sell its former Jones Avenue Service Center at 326 W. Jones Ave.

Filed Under: CPS Energy, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, River Walk Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Bexar Appraisal District, Brackenridge ParkMexican Consulate, Camden Street, CBRE, City Council, CPS Energy, GreyStreet Partners, Jones Avenue Service Center, Justin Luera, La Villita, Midtown TIRZ, Museum Reach, Museum Reach Lofts, North St. Mary's Street, Pearl, River Walk, Rudy D. Garza, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Zoo, Urban Genesis, Villita Assembly Building, West Jones Avenue, Witte Museum

Houston developer Urban Genesis buys more land on North St. Mary’s in San Antonio

March 25, 2022 By Richard Webner 58 Comments

Houston developer Urban Genesis has purchased this property on the northeast corner of North St. Mary's and Camden streets with plans to build apartments. March 25, 2022.

Houston multifamily developer Urban Genesis is tightening its hold on North St. Mary’s Street with the purchase of a 0.6-acre vacant lot, down the street from the San Antonio Museum of Art, where it plans to build apartments.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, North St. Mary's, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill, Transactions Tagged With: Armadillo Boulders, David Adelman, El Nogal Mexican Restaurant, Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, Man Overboard Brewing Company, Matt Shafiezadeh, Midtown Station, Ming’s, Museum Reach, North St. Mary’s, Pearl, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio River, Shiro Japanese Bistro, St. Mary's Strip, The Lonesome Rose, Tobin Hill, Tre Trattoria, Urban Genesis

Houston developer Urban Genesis adding 160 apartments around the St. Mary’s Strip

September 15, 2021 By Richard Webner 45 Comments

This property on the 300 block of West Grayson Street was recently purchased by Houston developer Urban Genesis.

Urban Genesis plans to begin construction in mid-2022 on the apartments, which will be three to four stories tall.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill, Transactions Tagged With: ACI, Alternative Clubs Inc., Cervecería Chapultepec, David Adelman, Historic and Design Review Commission, HRDC, Lonesome Rose, Matt Shafiezadeh, Midtown Station, Pearl, Sabot Development, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Authority, Sojo Commons, SOJO Urban Development, St. Mary's Strip, Steve Yndo, The Shops at La Cantera, Tobin Hill, Urban Genesis

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