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Indiana company scales up hotel tower planned for South Alamo in downtown San Antonio

June 25, 2022 By Richard Webner 2 Comments

White Lodging of Merrillville, Indiana, has submitted plans to build a 347-room, 10-story boutique hotel at 423 S. Alamo St.

White Lodging is now planning a 10-story hotel tower facing Hemisfair’s Yanaguana Garden that includes a rooftop pool and bar, and a street-level steakhouse.

Filed Under: Development, Hotels, South Alamo Tagged With: HDRC, Hemisfair, Hilton Palacio Del Rio, Historic and Design Review Commission, HKS, Kimpton, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, La Villita, Marriott Plaza, Mike Banas, Office of Historic Preservation, South Alamo Street, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, White Lodging, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Hospitality

San Antonio City Council approves new agreement with Zachry for long-delayed Hemisfair project

April 7, 2022 By Richard Webner 52 Comments

Construction continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Thursday, April 7, 2022.

On Thursday, City Council approved a new agreement with Zachry Hospitality to redevelop the northwest corner of Hemisfair after the company failed to pay rent or meet its construction deadlines in a 2017 deal.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: ’68 World’s Fair, Andy Segovia, City Council, David Adelman, David Zachry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., Hemisfair TIRZ, HPARC, John Courage, Johnson Trube & Associates, Lori Houston, NCAA Final Four, Richard Oliver, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, Tara Snowden, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, Vincent Michael, Visit San Antonio, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry, Zachry Hospitality

Mayor Nirenberg, City Council signal support for revised Zachry-Hemisfair lease

March 16, 2022 By Richard Webner 58 Comments

Construction continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Monday, March 14, 2022.

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and the City Council gave enthusiastic support on Wednesday to the city’s proposal to rewrite a five-year-old agreement with Zachry Hospitality regarding its plan to develop the northwest corner of Hemisfair, a long-delayed project.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City Council, City of San Antonio, Civic Park, David Adelman, David Zachry, HDRC, Hemisfair, HemisFair '68, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HemisFair Park PFC, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Hemisfair Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, Hemisfair TIRZ, Historic and Design Review Commission, HPARC, John Courage, Johnson Trube & Associates, Lori Houston, Mario Bravo, NCAA Final Four, NRP Group, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry, Zachry Corp., Zachry Hospitality

Zachry’s failure to make Hemisfair rent payments prompts new lease agreement

March 14, 2022 By Richard Webner 67 Comments

Constructions continues at Hemisfair's future Civic Park on the southeast corner of South Alamo and East Market streets on Monday, March 14, 2022.

Years behind schedule, the construction of Hemisfair’s Civic Park has been delayed in part by Zachry Hospitality’s inability to start construction of its multi-use development.

Filed Under: 2017-2022 bond, 2022-2027 bond, City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: ’68 World’s Fair, Andres Andujar, Cambridge Holdings, City Council, Civic Park, Convention Center, David Zachry, East Market Street, H.B. Zachry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HemisFair Park PFC, Hemisfair Park Public Facilities Corp., Hilton Palacio Del Rio, HPARC, John Jacks, Lori Houston, Lynd Hospitality, Mario Bravo, Omar Gonzalez, Rod Radle, Ron Nirenberg, Schultze House, South Alamo Street, Tara Snowden, Thea Setterbo, Tower of the Americas, Tower Park, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Hospitality

Hemisfair Civic Park gets encouragement from City Council, despite delays

February 11, 2021 By Richard Webner 61 Comments

City Council members were by and large supportive of the Hemisfair redevelopment project, which has struggled for years with construction delays, during a presentation Wednesday.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: City Council, Civic Park, Clayton Perry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HPARC, John Courage, Lori Houston, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Omar Gonzalez, Razi Hosseini, Ron Nirenberg, Thea Setterbo, Yanaguana Garden

Hemisfair’s Civic Park construction now scheduled to begin this fall

January 16, 2021 By Richard Webner 67 Comments

However, there is little hope of Zachry Corp. breaking ground soon on the mixed-use development that will enclose the park.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City of San Antonio, Civic Park, David Adelman, David Zachry, Debra Guerrero, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, HPARC, NRP Group, Omar Gonzalez, Overland Partners, River Walk, The '68, Urban Land Institute, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Corp., Zachry Hospitality

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