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Olivo: Housing needed at all price points, Nirenberg says

May 25, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Development has increased around San Antonio’s Government Hill neighborhood over the last few years, resulting in modern out of place seeming homes and condos next to historic family residences as seen on Dec. 30, 2021.

How San Antonio’s discussion on housing costs has evolved from the Decade of Downtown to the pandemic-era shortage.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, Weston Urban Tagged With: 300 Main, Bexar County, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Decade of DowntownStrategic Housing Implementation Plan, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Julián Castro, Moody’s Analytics, President Biden, Riverplace, Ron Nirenberg, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Universal Services Group, Weston Urban

Historic Palace Livery Stable turned Artes Graficas print shop sold to San Antonio real estate firm

May 13, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Palace Livery Stable, 115 Camaron St., was recently purchased by real estate firm DJE Texas Management Group of San Antonio.

A local real estate firm plans to move into the historic Palace Livery Stable and Artes Graficas print shop building at 115 Camaron St.

Filed Under: History, Office, San Pedro Creek, Transactions, West Downtown Tagged With: 300 Main, Alameda Theater, Alvarado & Alvarado, Artes Graficas, Bexar Appraisal District, Central Candy Company, Continental Hotel, Devin Elder, DJE Texas Management Group, DK Realty Advisors, Frost Tower, Harris Bay, Office of Historic Preservation, Palace Livery Stable, Penner’s, San Antonio Police History Archive, San Pedro Creek, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, The Helix Apartments, Travis Building, UTSA, Weston Urban

Tower Life Building sold to ownership group led by McCombs family

May 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

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

Development Profile: Weston Urban names 32-story apartment tower in downtown San Antonio: 300 Main

April 22, 2022 By Heron Staff 11 Comments

Latest renderings released by Weston Urban show the 300 Main, the 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner North Main Avenue and East Travis Street, in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Released April 21, 2022.

Weston Urban plans to complete construction of 300 Main, its 32-story apartment tower on the northeast corner of North Main Avenue and East Travis Street, by spring 2024.

Filed Under: Center City Housing Incentive Policy, Development, Housing, Soledad Street, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: 300 Main, CCHIP, Center City Housing Incentive Policy, HDRC, Historic and Design Review Commission, Planning Commission, Weston Urban

Lifshutz says sculpture he brought to downtown San Antonio ‘mocks’ Lenin, Mao

March 23, 2022 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The sculpture "Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head" resides on the back of private property on the 300 block of West Commerce Street near the San Pedro Creek Culture Park.

“The intention of their piece was not to honor or glorify Lenin or Mao. And it’s not my intention, either. … I’m not trying to glorify authoritarians, particularly Communists. I’m a capitalist, through and through,” said James Lifshutz, the downtown developer who brought a controversial sculpture depicting Chairman Mao and Vladimir Lenin to west downtown.

Filed Under: Art, Centro San Antonio, City of San Antonio, Commerce Street, General News, San Pedro Creek, West Downtown Tagged With: Alameda Theater, Andi Rodriguez, Centro San Antonio, Chairman Mao, Fletcher Benton, Gao Qiang, Gao Zhen, James Lifshutz, Kline building, Krystal Jones, Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head, San Pedro Creek Culture Park, Shanon Shea Miller, Texas Public Radio, Vladimir Lenin, West Commerce Street, West Houston Street, Weston Urban, Zona Cultural

Weston Urban expected to buy Koehler House to serve as hotel, restaurant

February 21, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

The Koehler House is located at 310 W. Ashby Place.

Developer Weston Urban is reaching beyond downtown as it prepares to buy the historic Koehler House from the Alamo Colleges District.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Historic Preservation, Hotels, Tobin Hill, Transactions, Weston Urban Tagged With: ', Alamo Colleges District, Alamo Colleges District Board of Trustees, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Catholic Student Center, Conservation Society of San Antonio, Dr. Robert Vela, Dry Goods Building, Frost Tower, Geekdom, Graham Weston, Hughes home, Jordan McMorrough, Koehler Cultural Center, Koehler House, Office of Historic Preservation, Otto Koehler, Pearl Brewery, Rand building, Randy Smith, San Antonio College, Savoy building, Shanon Shea Miller, Texas Historic Landmark, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Weston Urban

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, Sidebar Deep Dive, 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

GrayStreet Partners’ big dream for Houston Street that never materialized

January 20, 2022 By Richard Webner 55 Comments

The 300 block of East Houston Street includes the Vogue, Grant and Kress buildings.

In 2015, GrayStreet Partners announced it had purchased several iconic buildings on East Houston Street, and spoke of the corridor’s rebirth. Nearly seven years later, the local developer has been selling off its assets as it shifts focus, and capital, to other projects.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Historic Preservation, Houston Street, Office, Restaurants, Retail, Streets & Sidewalks, Tech District, Transactions Tagged With: Adam Neumann, Bohanan’s Prime Steaks and Seafood, Broadway East, CBRE, City of San Antonio, David Adelman, David and José Cáceres, Decade of Downtown, East Houston Street, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Frost Bank, Frost Bros., Frost Tower, Fulcrum Development, Geekdom, Graham Weston, GrayStreet Partners, Houston Street, Houston Street TIRZ, Ivy Taylor, Julián Castro, Kevin Covey, Kress building, La Panadería, Lone Star Brewery, Maryland, Mercado Roma, Mixtli, Neisner's, Nick Longo, Peter French, Pharm Table, Presa Street Bridge, River Walk, Rockville, Scott Herbold, Texas de Brazil, Travis Park Plaza, Vogue building, W Hotel, Walgreens building, West Houston Street, Weston Urban, WeWork, Wolff & Marx

Historic Travis Building conversion into 63 apartments includes clean energy upgrades

January 7, 2022 By Ben Olivo 57 Comments

The 10-story Travis Building, 405 N. Saint Mary’s St., is being converted from office space to 63 apartments.

The circa-1920s Travis Building is being converted from office space into 63 luxury apartments by real estate firm Harris Bay.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Historic Preservation, Housing, Retail, River Walk, St. Mary's Street Tagged With: AACOG, Alamo Area Council of Governments, City Council, Continental Hotel, Craig Glendenning, Diane Rath, Essex Modern City, Harris Bay, Hedrick Building, Jake Harris, PACE, SA Climate Ready, Texas Property Assessed Clean Energy, The Original Blanco Cafe, Travis Building, Weston Urban

80/20 Foundation, SBA grants to help San Antonio Heron grow

September 7, 2021 By Ben Olivo 2 Comments

Skyline downtown San Antonio.

The San Antonio Heron has received a pair of $10,000 grants, which come as the citywide housing discussion is getting ready to heat up.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: 80/20 Foundation, Graham Weston, Heron, San Antonio Heron, SBA Targeted EIDL Advance, Students + Startups, U.S. Small Business Administration, Weston Urban

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