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Fort Worth developer planning to build 342 apartments in east downtown San Antonio

January 19, 2022 By Ben Olivo 71 Comments

Vaquero Ventures of Fort Worth is planning to build a 340-unit apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Fort Worth developer Vaquero Ventures received conceptual approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission on Wednesday on its envisioned 342-unit, five-story apartment building at 1220 E. Commerce St. in east downtown.

Filed Under: Architecture, Building Explorer, Commerce Street, Denver Heights, Development, Dignowity Hill, East Downtown, East Side, Historic and Design Review Commission, Housing, Neighborhoods, St. Paul Square Tagged With: Aiden by Best Western, Alamodome Gardens, Ashley Farrimond, Brandon Behrens, Cherry X Commerce, David Adelman, Denver Heights, Dignowity Hill, Griffin & Farrimond, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Killen, Merriman Anderson Architects, Quadrant Investment Properties, REATA Real Estate, RK Group, St. Paul Square, Sunset Station, Sunset Station Train Depot, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Baldwin, The Espee, Valerie Cortez, Vaquero Ventures, VelocityTX, Vidorra

Analysis: Lone Star District tops list of city’s largest incentive packages

June 26, 2021 By Richard Webner 6 Comments

The former Lone Star Brewery is eyed for redevelopment by Midway and GrayStreet Partners. May 23, 2021.

The $24 million incentive package that GrayStreet Partners and Midway received last month to redevelop the former Lone Star Brewery tops the list of San Antonio’s most subsidized urban development projects.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Lone Star Tagged With: Agave Apartments, Canopy By Hilton, Carlyle Group, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, City Council, Credit Human, Cypress Real Estate Advisors, DC Partners, Encore Multifamily, Encore SoFlo, GrayStreet Partners, GreyStar, Hotel Emma, Inner City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Inner City TIRZ, Julián Castro, Lone Star Brewery, Lone Star District, Merchants Ice complex, Michelle Vigil, Midway, NRP Group, Pearl, Rivera on Broadway, RK Group, Ron Nirenberg, Silver Ventures, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, The Arts Residences, The Red Berry Estate, Universal Services Group LLC, VelocityTX, Weston Urban

Data strategist for Trump campaign buys land by VelocityTX on near East Side

May 19, 2021 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

Work continues on the second phase of bioscience incubator VelocityTX at 1305 E. Houston St.

A former strategist for the Trump campaign’s data team has purchased 0.75 acres of property on East Houston Street, across the street from the VelocityTX bioscience incubator on the near East Side, with a partner.

Filed Under: Development, Dignowity Hill, East Side, Houston Street, Office, Tech Tagged With: Brad Parscale, Cambridge Analytica, CloudCommerce, Concentric Oil and Gas, Concentric Properties, Data Propria, David Adelman, HUMN Behavior, Matthew Oczkowski, Merchants Ice complex, Randy Harig, REATA Real Estate, St. Paul Square, Texas Research and Technology Foundation, TRTF, Trump, VelocityTX, William Ditto

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