SAN ANTONIO | Essex Modern City | Mixed Use | Proposed
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I don't know if this is a conceptual image or an actual rendering. https://s4.postimg.org/hwjxexf8t/Scr...6_44_28_PM.png https://s3.postimg.org/81jiiilhf/uns...80_719_0_0.jpg Website: http://essexmoderncity.com/ |
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I definitely like it more now.
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Wow, that is looking amazing! I love the idea of incorporating the central courtyard into the project, hopefully the final design has more trees around it though.. It would be a warm place during our 9 months of summer :)
Does anyone have any idea the number of units they are planning to build at the site, approximate square footage of mixed-use, or how they plan to improve infrastructure in the area? It would be great if they enhance access into Lavaca and up to the Alamodome that would take advantage of the connections to Hemisfair and Downtown. |
UPDATE │ ESSEX MODERN CITY │ NEW RENDERINGS 5 ACRE, 150 MILLION DOLLAR MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT http://i.imgur.com/GZVXUpH.jpg Quote:
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Oh dang, they are going in. I love it.
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Bold.
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Looks awesome. Love the density.
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As stated very bold, especially for that part of town. Love it though!
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The way Lotus and Sunglo are going up, this will be completed by the end of the century.
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1. Looks awesome.
2. I will begin holding my breath now. Quote:
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2) I will continue holding my breath. 3) Blame HollyHills PTSD http://hollyhills.com/hollyhills-dev...redevelopment/ |
I've always wanted to ask this:
Keep-SA-Lame,
What does COGSADCAJA stand for? Thanks. |
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So, the real estate company behind this development just purchased a historic downtown building for their new headquarters:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...-building.html "One project under development by Harris Bay is Essex Modern City. The mixed-use community just east of Interstate 37 is set to break ground next year." |
Elevate Park Idea - From Essex Modern City to Hays Street Bridge
My idea is an expansion of an idea I saw in the Express News. I apologize for not remembering the author. So full disclosure on where the idea came from.
I read an article several months ago regarding the Alamodome and UTSA tailgating and how it could be a better experience. The gist of the story was to connect the parking lots by building an elevated pedestrian causeway over the railroad tracks to facilitate the movement and interaction of people. I recommend expanding the thought and connecting the Hays Street Bridge to the Alamodome to the new proposed 7.7 acres development at Cherry and Essex (Essex Modern City). This elevated linear park could be similar to the High Line park in NYC and serve as a further conduit of growth to the near east side if done right. Imagine an “elevated river walk” if you would. Please find a link to the NYC High line for reference. www.thehighline.org It would provide a third North South park in the Downtown Area (San Pedro Creek/Riverwalk/East Side Elevated). From Hays Street Bridge to River walk is 4 blocks along 8th street. From Essex Modern you could run a bike lane/walking trail along tracks to Mission Reach Portion of River Walk. |
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But I do have similar dreams about access in that area. My dream is the city buys out the railroad companies and uses all the tracks for mass transit, like light rail, pedestrian greenways and such. There could be a train with stops at the bridge, the Alamodome, Essex. |
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1. The Rim 2. Huebner (Vulcan Material site) 3. 410 & Jackson Keller (industrial land) 4. Basse Road (multiple large parcels for VMU) 5. Hildebrand (strip of industrial land and vacant commercial spaces) 6. 10 & Culebra (good chunk of industrial land and vacant commercial spaces) 7. VIA Transit Center downtown (again, an area that has a lot of industrial land, parking lots, and vacant commercial space but that is already some experiencing redevelopment). However, the problem is that the line would end there without approaching the central business core, leaving a last mile gap that most people aren't going to walk, won't want to pay the extra amount to Uber or Lyft above the fare that they already paid to ride the train, etc. Just as Austin did, which was extend the line a bit further into the CBD from where it had previously ended, I'd suggest extending the line down Martin until ~St. Mary's with stops at: 8. Frio (for eastside and VIA Transit Center access) 9. Santa Rosa (for San Pedro Creek access) 10. St. Mary's (for Riverwalk and CBD access) If you're a politician or bureaucrat feeling super adventurous, you could continue down Martin/3rd/Houston/Bowie with stops at: 11. 3rd & Alamo (for Alamo access) 12. Bowie & Commerce (for Convention Center and Rivercenter access) All of those street turns should be fine with respect to turning radii. Of course, another piece of the same puzzle was LoneStar Rail, but that went belly up. |
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"Nearly two years after developers Harris Bay and Varga Endeavors revealed plans for Essex Modern City, an elaborate mixed-use project on a former industrial site on the East Side, the project has yet to break ground. And now we know what has caused the holdup — trains....
The developers said that while most of the permits for the project have been secured, one key thing is missing to get it underway — a quiet zone designation.... Harris said he submitted the necessary forms in April 2017 and is optimistic that the long wait may soon be over. He's hopeful that construction could start by first quarter 2019." (with some new renderings) https://www.bizjournals.com/sananton...tml#g/437544/1 |
What is that about trains? Please don't tell me they're forcing out trains in any way, be it passenger or freight.
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I wish they could force out trains. That right-of-way is very precious. |
Living in that area, the trains are obnoxiously loud and I live about a mile away. I can only imagine what it is like to be right on them. I'm glad they are doing this.
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Rebuilding local roads and making a "quiet zone" in which trains don't have to sound their horns at crossings (possibly by adding over/underpasses or some other technique) makes perfect sense and is forward thinking. To get rid of trains entirely so that a developer can add a new development is backward thinking and will lead to more road traffic because you're forcing either passengers or freight off the tracks and onto the road. I hope they're employing the forward-thinking option.
I grew up on the northeast side of San Antonio about 1,500 feet from a train track (as the crow flies). It was a straight part of the track with no nearby crossing, so no whistle blowing. I could occasionally hear the faint sound of the train going by on a quiet night and I loved the sound. They don't need to get rid of trains entirely... that's ridiculous. But rebuilding the infrastructure so trains pass by quietly is clearly an option that makes things better for all involved. p.s. - The train track was there first. Deal with it, developer. |
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I'm rooting hard for this development. It would mean good things for inner-city investment if this project is successful.
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These guys just keep on making plans. I sure wish ground would break.
"One of the developers of Essex Modern City, a $150 million mixed-use project in Denver Heights that’s been in the making since at least 2016, is planning another project a half-mile away on plots just west of East César E. Chávez Boulevard and South Cherry Street." https://saheron.com/essex-modern-cit...-side-project/ |
Sounds promising.
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Awesome! Can't wait for them to post renderings on social media for 30 years and never actually build anything. |
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This is a real interesting way to get a mixed-use development built.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/enterta...n-13738477.php Also, their social media presence is solid. https://www.facebook.com/essexmodern...7062?__tn__=-R |
NEW ESSEX MODERN CITY RENDERINGS https://i.imgur.com/NmabjgF.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/PEoqGBF.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/H2tEKJm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/y6sLFoy.jpg ALREADY POSTED ESSEX MODERN CITY RENDERINGS https://i.imgur.com/yuqA7Gz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4R3SdRx.jpg |
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I like it. I hope it eventually gets built.
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This has to happen!
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Saw this coming. Sadly and wish it wasn't happening. But I feel something better will come along. He didn't even start the townhomes that he's been promoting south of downtown. |
SA Express News- 11/27/19
Essex Modern City and boutique hotel California investment firm Harris Bay is planning two projects around downtown: a $150 million mixed-use project at Essex and South Cherry, dubbed Essex Modern City, and a 112-room hotel on Travis. Essex Modern City could include office space, retail, apartments, condominiums, townhomes and a food hall, but progress has been held up by efforts to have the area designated as a quiet zone, Harris Bay co-founder Jake Harris said previously. Local developer Efraim Varga ended his involvement in the project earlier this year. In the meantime, Harris Bay has been hosting events at the property, which is decorated with colorful murals. The firm has also proposed building a boutique hotel on a 0.2-acre lot it bought this spring and will likely benefit from the property’s location within a federal opportunity zone. Harris previously said the firm was in talks with companies to manage and operate the hotel. He didn’t respond to inquiries about both projects. |
Any update on this project? Seems the last I heard, they were waiting to get a permit for the train noise (residential purposes).
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Essex Modern City secures $3.5M loan for development efforts
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