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Weston Urban’s 15-story apartment mid-rise behind Continental Hotel in downtown San Antonio gets initial approval

July 22, 2021 By Richard Webner

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

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

Bexar County, Weston Urban to partner on apartments at Continental Hotel in west downtown San Antonio

June 19, 2021 By Richard Webner

The former Continental Hotel, 322 W. Commerce St., will be sold to a developer for the production of mixed-use, mixed-income housing. Photo taken by Ben Olivo | Heron on Sept. 9, 2019

A nonprofit arm of Bexar County is set to partner with developer Weston Urban to build a 250-unit mixed-income apartment project on West Commerce Street.

Filed Under: Bexar County, Commerce Street, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, San Pedro Creek, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Arana building, avid Marquez, Bexar County, Bexar County PFC, Bexar County Public Facility Corp., Continental Hotel, De la Garza House, Frost Tower, James Lifshutz, Kline’s building, Leeds building, Metropolitan Health District, Nelson Wolff, O. Henry House Museum, Randy Smith, River Walk, San Pedro Creek, Spanish Governor's Palace, Texas Public Radio, Trish DeBerry, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, Weston Urban

Developer Adelman asks to demolish old Cattleman’s Square Tavern for 122-unit apartment building

May 18, 2021 By Richard Webner

The Rich Book building, 900 W. Houston St., was most recently the home of Cattleman Square Tavern on the ground level, and apartments up top.

Developer David Adelman plans to build in west downtown for the first time with a 122-unit apartment building at Cattleman Square.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: AVANCE San Antonio, Barclay Anthony, Cattleman Square Historic District, Cattleman's Square Tavern, Centro Plaza, David Adelman, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Frio Street, Golden Star, Graciela Sanchez, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lim family, Maverick building, Midtown Station, Rich Book building, Santa Monica Hotel, The '68, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Whitt Printing Co. building

Request to demolish historic building next to Golden Star Café denied

May 6, 2021 By Richard Webner

The city’s Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday voted down a request to demolish a historic building next to the Golden Star Café in west downtown to clear the way for potential development.

Filed Under: Development, West Downtown, West Side Tagged With: Alamo Community Group, Bexar Appraisal District, Cattleman Square Historic District, Cattleman Square Lofts, Conservation Society of San Antonio, District 5, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, Gabriel Q. Velasquez, Golden Star Café, Graciela Sanchez, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Lim family, Patti Zaiontz, Rudy Lopez, Scobey complex, Scott W. Carpenter, Shirley Gonzales, Teri Castillo, Texstar National Bank, University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA, VIA Metropolitan Transit, West Side Residents Association, Weston Urban, Whitt Printing Co. building, Yuen King Lim Family LLC

UTSA has started building its data science school, national security center on Dolorosa

January 31, 2021 By Ben Olivo

In December, UTSA began expanding its downtown presence with the construction of a six-story building on Dolorosa that will house its new School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center.

Filed Under: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Development, Education, San Pedro Creek, Tech, Tech District, UTSA, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Bexar County, City of San Antonio, Continental Hotel, Dolorosa, Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Houston Street, San Pedro Creek, Taylor Eighmy, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Texas System Board of Regents, UTSA, UTSA National Security Collaboration Center, UTSA Open Cloud Institute, UTSA School of Data Science

City Council approves sale of Dolorosa properties for UTSA expansion

October 18, 2018 By Ben Olivo

On Thursday morning, the City Council approved the sale of 4½ acres of Dolorosa street for the multimillion expansion of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s downtown campus on the near West Side.

Filed Under: UTSA, West Side Tagged With: UTSA

UTSA has more up its sleeve for downtown campus

October 16, 2018 By Ben Olivo

The University of Texas at San Antonio and the nonprofit Alamo Community Group have placed bids on a small cluster of office buildings and parking lots at 811 W. Houston St. that’s owned by the Alamo Colleges District.

Filed Under: Development, UTSA Tagged With: Alamo Community College District, Alamo Community Group, Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, Jennifer Gonzalez, Joe Izbrand, Kristi Wyatt, Taylor Eighmy, UTSA

GrayStreet Partners makes big purchase next to City Hall

September 25, 2018 By Ben Olivo

GrayStreet Partners has purchased 1.4 acres of property just south of City Hall, including the old Kallison’s Western Wear.

Filed Under: Development Tagged With: GrayStreet Partners, San Antonio River, San Pedro Creek, Teeple Partners, Tomoko Iimura Alavi, UTSA, Weston Urban

UTSA downtown campus to expand east of the interstate

September 18, 2018 By Ben Olivo

The University of Texas at San Antonio will immediately begin an expansion east of Interstate 35, out of the near West Side and into downtown proper, with the construction of two new schools, the relocation of a third, and the creation of new housing. The $229 million expansion, the first of two phases in the […]

Filed Under: Development, Education, Housing, Office Tagged With: UTSA

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