By Edmond Ortiz This edition of News Briefs casts a spotlight on the city of San Antonio’s attempt to craft a long-range redevelopment concept for the Wolff Stadium site. Also, the organizer of Fiesta’s Night In Old San Antonio further reveals why it is canceling the 2027 Fiesta event. Elsewhere, the city is proceeding with…
By Edmond Ortiz The Terrell Heights Neighborhood Association’s next meeting will focus on a rezoning request and redevelopment plans targeting the renowned Sunset Ridge apartment property. Morningside Group, a Chicago-based company that owns and runs the Sunset Ridge of Alamo Heights complex, filed a rezoning request with the city of San Antonio in late September….
By Edmond Ortiz Alamo Heights leaders are backing a local company’s plan to redevelop a 1970s apartment complex site as a multistory apartment community. What is happening Alamo Heights City Council unanimously voted Sept. 14 to approve development firm Embrey’s request for a special use permit, which grants the company several variances to replace the…
By Edmond Ortiz This edition of Under Development is focused on the city of San Antonio recently approving four projects. One of those projects will yield improvements to Main Plaza, while other two initiatives could bring new apartments to the La Villita area and the South Side. Also, a new BEAT AIDS clinic has opened…
By Edmond Ortiz The city continues shepherding three separate redevelopment plans focused on Pearl and adjacent neighborhoods north of downtown and along the San Antonio River Museum Reach. Pearl expansion Oxbow Development Group on Aug. 6 sent the city plans to build 10 one- and two-story structures along Avenue A between Grayson and Mueller streets….
By Edmond Ortiz Officials with the team that is redeveloping the 97-year-old Tower Life from an office and retail building into an apartment high-rise recently said they are entering a phased delivery to accommodate early pre-leasing in 2027, allowing tenants to move in floor-by-floor instead of awaiting total completion of the building’s conversion. Local reporters…
By Edmond Ortiz A vacant building that once housed a large home improvement store in Windcrest will be revived for new commercial use. What is happening An entity called Windcrest Pad Ltd., which owns the former Builders Mark store property at 7876 I-35 N., plans to spend $9.9 million to demolish the existing structure and…
By Edmond Ortiz A San Antonio public housing agency is moving forward with a controversial plan that is not sitting well with at least one City Council member. In other recent San Antonio news, council is opting to wait to talk more about the mayor’s proposed voting commission, and a city panel approved conceptual plans…
By Edmond Ortiz The company that plans to remake the former Lone Star Brewery site wants to know what community members want to see at the future redevelopment. What is happening Executives from Southstar, the New Braunfels-based firm that finished the acquisition of the 32-acre property in January, held a meeting March 30 with more…
By Edmond Ortiz A city commission is gearing up to examine renderings for the San Antonio Missions’ planned downtown stadium, and for complementary new development that project partners say will help to reinvigorate the western part of the central business district. What is happening The Missions, the local minor league affiliate of the San Diego…
