SAN ANTONIO | 1603 Broadway | 20 Floors | 255 Feet | Proposed
 

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Awesome (only if it has ground level retail).

Yes, yes, yes! So this will be on the south side of Pearl Parkway, with the other new office tower on the north side of it.

I found some other renderings, posted on the Gensler website here:

https://www.gensler.com/projects/bro...ewell?o=austin

In the first two photos you can see the rendering of the office building on the north side of Pearl Parkway as well:

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It's got a Hello Burger! The hipsters in the lobby will love eating there.

Wait. What about Earl Abel's?

Looks like Earl Abel's is going to have to move... again...

But yes! I couldn't find the other renderings or was designing it. Thanks, micahinsa! Between this and the 10 story office building, this is going to be a very busy intersection. The article said this is the next step. So that means they are going to start moving east towards the new property they bought. Ahhh!

Nice project!

Dang, I really liked the new Earl Abel's location.

Also this is amazing.

Just love THIS development on Broadway!!:cheers:

This area is on fire right now, SA is on fire. Love this development.

They also toss in a building of similar size across Broadway in two of the renderings. GrayStreet have something else in the works or just for effect? They own a lot of the property there.

Graystreet definitely has something else in the works. They own almost everything for blocks to the east. For example, I remember reading that they intend to extend Pearl Parkway across Broadway and Alamo and into the heart of the former SAISD property.

In reference to the first 2 photos, what about the building across from 1603 Broadway? Is the used car place being torn down or did they take artistic liberties with the renderings?

Right now i'm sure it's the latter. The C&R motors is still there.

Google Maps got a good shot of the location.

https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4398...7i13312!8i6656

Hopefully the Pig Stand won't be forced out. It should have historical society protection anyway.

If I had to guess, Gensler did the entire master plan for GS’s lower Broadway development that will extend Into Government Hill.

Can't quite tell from the renderings, but could it be that this development will somehow incorporate the Earl Abel's building? Sort of swallow it up, kind of like the Canopy is doing with the Esquire?

Anyway, I'm really excited about this. If I had one small gripe it would be that all of this development along and up Broadway is already bordering on a nice-ish area, Alamo Heights etc, so I'm sure something would've been built here eventually anyway. I would like to see them do some development in some other areas where nothing is happening. For example, on the west side of the Pearl, literally once you cross the river on Grayson heading west, it goes downhill really quickly. Would be nice if they could branch out in that direction as well.

Development happens where property is available to develop, preferably in large chunks. That being said, the several acres of Flasher Equipment property, in the exact area you refer to, was sold last year to a residential developer. So you can look forward to that.

And no, the Earl Abel's building is going bye bye :hi:

Maybe Earl Abel's is changing their name to Hello Burger.

I was wondering the same thing. Looking at the rendering it seems like they might be doing that - it appears they might be saving the facade of the earl abel's building and incorporating it into the new building, you can see a one story section of red brick with blue-green glass on the northeast corner of the building. It'll be great if they do so, the facade has some beautiful ornamentation and historic charm that would be a shame to entirely demolish.

Edit: on closer inspection it looks like they are preserving the entire building and adding a second story to it.

I was in the area the other morning and snapped some pics for posterity. What a dreadful space this is right now; this building is going to absolutely transform this intersection.

I may or may not have stood in the middle of Broadway whilst taking some of these photos.


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For real, those two projects are going to transform Broadway completely. I feel like it wont even look like SA. Let alone when the other side starts picking up steam.

Rivard Report put out an article on the new Earl Abel’s location:

https://therivardreport.com/earl-abe...k-on-broadway/

I didn’t see anything in the article about this new building. In fact it mentioned several times how significant the new location and move have been for Earl Abel’s, so I can’t imagine they’ll be up and moving AGAIN. Presumably this 1603 Broadway is going to incorporate it somehow or maybe just work around it.

I drive by the new location every day on my way to the Pearl and it never looks crowded. Also, the parking is awful in that small retail strip.

as I mentioned earlier in this thread, if you look closely at the renderings it appears they preserve the entire building and add a second story.

Every table was full when I went a couple of Sundays ago. I think people just park in the big lot under 281 (or, you know, walk from the adjacent apartment buildings).

I was at the general meeting of the Tobin Hill Community Association last week, and the association's zoning representative presented this project to the attendees. He also had renderings, which were very different from these. I believe there was a parking garage on the west side of the building, on top of which the developers said they were building a boutique hotel that would be a total of 18 floors. The meeting attendees seemed fairly happy with the project, including its tall height. I wonder if these were earlier or later renderings?

Oh wow. Hurry up and release those renderings!

Graystreet doesn't own the building Earl Abel's leased, and there is also that small law firm building (Reynaldo Diaz Law) in between Earl Abel's site and Graystreet's property. Both of those existing buildings are probably historic, too, so I would guess these renderings are mainly for show?

In the preliminary HDRC agenda that came out today, Graystreet is asking permission to construct a 250' tower on this site.

250' is 23 floors?

Whoa.

Is that kind of a jump normal? To go from a 7 floor conceptual rendering to 23 floors in the final draft to be put before the HDRC?

Hope it’s spectacular. Imagine the view coming into downtown from 281 and seeing this towering beside the highway...

Great news. With such an increase in height comes an equal increase in the importance of good architecture. At seven stories I could accept the current design. At 23 stories... nuh-uh.

Heard a rumor that it's gonna be a W hotel

What's really interesting is that Graystreet owns acres and acres of land right across Brodaway to develop, but they are still asking for that much height.

If true, the design should be good.

Meaning?

Can you explain for the planning-challenged amongst us? Is the idea that they wouldn’t ask for that much height if they were planning something smaller across the street?

No, just that they have lots of space for their plans, and tall stuff generally happens where space is limited.

Hope this is a good one. I'm actually surprised they are going higher in this area. No complaints from me.

The location right next to the highway interchange means the view won't likely be impeded for a long time. So it's smart to take advantage of it regardless of how much property they own nearby. At the same time, if they build something smart it sets a positive track record for people wanting to be involved in any future developments on their other property.

When do they usually start putting renderings out for HDRC submissions? The next meeting is on the 21st, will we likely not see anything before then?

We likely won't see anything before then, and even at the HDRC meeting I'm guessing they will just show a rendering for massing, not design.

The massing rendering will still be interesting to see.

There are renderings on the HDRC agenda but i don't know how to upload.

It's a glass wall.... -_-

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Very modern and at 260 feet I’d love for this to be built.

I kind want them to make it taller, like split the top part in half and put it on top of one another.
But I don't hate it. It's current.

I can see that. I wonder if they would have said that would be taller than the area can handle?