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This together with Elan Riverwalk and the HEB store will really start to stitch together downtown with the Southtown and Arsenal areas.

And what exactly do they mean when they say "add Heritage Plaza to the mix?" Are they going to tear it down for the new residential complex?

Fantastic news. Maybe we'll see a new cluster form around the new HEB. I would assume they're tearing down both Heritage Plaza and that city building for this project based on the renderings, the building looks too big to be using just that city building's land based on the rendering.

Here are the images I used in the post I made in the Urban Development thread.

And yes, both buildings will be razed. Heritage Plaza looks to be the site of the parking garage.

That's a shame about the Heritage Building. It's not particularly attractive, but to demolish it and use up that large of a block for this small project seems wasteful. I hope they build around the small house on Dwyer; the way Joske's goes around the church.

And it would be great to see a cluster of development and retail pop up around the HEB. The streetcar and the San Pedro Creek improvements will pass through that area, so it has a huge potential for redevelopment.

I wonder what retail they are anticipating. At 50,000 sq ft of commercial space, there could be a number of things (or one really big thing).

Just the fact that the space has been carved out is good enough for me.

FYI... the average drug store is 12-15k sq. ft.; the average Best Buy (for comparisons sake) is in the mid 30k sq. ft. range.

Hopefully its a number of things.

I'm not following you Texan, I promise. lol

Funny enough, I came to SSP to post two things. 1) The micro apartments story and 2) a bit of information I learned about this project yesterday.

Apparently, there's a very good possibly that Trader Joe's take space at this development.

Trader Joe's wants to build in the urban core but hasn't found the right spot that is the right size.

Trader Joe's entering the market in 2012 and wanting to be downtown is one of the reasons H-E-B jumped all over the 1 million dollar incentive package the city put out and H-E-B used the 1 million for street improvements because they didn't need it or require it to build their Flores Street Market.

There are 625-units planned/under construction within a two block radius of Dwyer plus a lot more in the pipeline (yet to be announced) in the same area. TJ's has to see this as an ideal location.

:tup:

Any updates on this? I figured with that amount of retail that a grocery store might take up some of it. TJ's would be a good option.

Any idea of if this project has been approved or, if it has been, when it will begin construction?

I can't get behind the paywall, but it sounds like this is the same project.

City looking to sell downtown parcel to local developer for $50M mixed-use development
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantoni...-to-local.html

Looking forward to seeing this project move along.

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From behind the paywall :cheers:

Thanks for posting. I was hoping a TJ's would go in there, but River North would be a good area, too, if they ever want to build in SA again. I was expecting some kind of grocer for this development because 50,000 sqft of retail is a lot. It sounds like they would have a multitude of retail, dining, and maybe even entertainment.

So it looks Hertitage Plaza is getting torn down finally. I posted in Encore, but it was actually this property.... looks like something might finally be happening with this one.

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http://bexarwitness.com/wp-content/u...1/IMG_9212.jpg
I'm so confused...and so is everyone else. I thought Encore was going to be on the lot next door that borders S. Flores St. Which project is going to replace the Heritage Plaza building!?

http://bexarwitness.com/video-demo-m.../#.WLEPphiZNhA

What are the details about the Landbridge development? I can't remember which one this is, probably still too new to the forum. Are there any articles on this development?

NEW RENDERINGS OF 307 DWYER

Looks good to me! Great location, too.

I like them, we need more colors downtown! Their proximity to the HEB too... :)

My only critique is the seemingly wimpy and tree-less sidewalk on the left side...hopefully the sidewalk is wider than it looks there and landscaped!


Edit: I'm referring to the second image btw. Maybe it's a less prominent street so in that case maybe not all that bad.

https://therivardreport.com/wp-conte...5038490536.png

via theRivardReport

Looks like they added more ground floor retail. (or at least more glass)

Also liking the pops of color.

Dang, I kind of liked that curvy bit on the corner with Stumberg. I'll gladly trade it for a couple of extra floors though, definitely still an attractive building.

RETAIL :cheers: :worship:

Holy crap, there's retail. Someone's been listening. I approve. :tup:

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...B-697F4B7591AC

According to the HDRC application, they're wanting to put retail on the entire Stumberg St side, and live/work on the Guilbeau St side.

That's gonna be cool, more of a local type thing. I'm here for it.

I get emailed in advance the preliminary agenda for the HDRC meetings, which has the address, name of applicant, and a brief explanation of the request, like "signage", or "window replacement". On the next HDRC agenda is a request made by HEB to build a 6-level parking garage on the block immediately south of this thread's development, a vacant lot that fronts Cesar Chavez. The request says "construction of a six-level parking structure and land bridge".

Land bridge??!!

I'm assuming it will cross Cesar Chavez. My curiosity is piqued.

But besides that, it will be a crime if there will be no ground level retail. But being that it's a parking garage for the headquarters of a grocery chain, maybe I don't have to worry.

Site plan with elevations.

https://sanantonio.legistar.com/Legi...|Text|&Search=

This looks to be on the agenda one more time for some last minute changes. I was wondering what was going on with it.

I haven't been by this site for about a month but I don't believe this is under construction yet, as the header indicates. Does anyone have an update on this project?

There is a crane on the site. It’s under construction.

Well, there's the Encore Riverwalk crane and the HEB parking structure crane within a stone's throw of each other. Unless a third was added today, I don't think this one is underway yet. :???:

You may be right. I was going off seeing a second crane from the freeway near Encore.

Hate to be a Debbie downer, and I have no inside information on the project, but retail seems unlikely. If they are going to the trouble of building a garage with a land bridge across Cesar Chavez, they likely want to maximize that parking for employees and/or customers.

Adding retail means not only taking away parking spaces for retail use, but the retail use also drives more parking needs that compete with the people you are trying to provide parking for in the first place.

However, it’s not all bad news. I will go out on a limb and guess that this could be the first step toward expanding the HEB that’s there. I think it has probably done better than they expected, and the only way to expand is to eat into their surface parking lot that doesn’t have a lot of extra spaces to lose. So build the parking garage first, and then expand the store.

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I think they will expand it across the street once the garage is done. They could easily build something on the current site when the new HEB is done. With Dwyer going up, it's going to be a very dense area.

Looks like dirt has finally turned on this project.

A crane is now up.

A lot of the columns for the first level are already completed. Does anyone know if the garage going up across the street to the south is part of this project?

The garage is for HEB employees.

https://i.postimg.cc/fLvtDVsj/20200117-125137.jpg
Since this forum is slow I thought I'd post a pic for an update.

That area looks crazy dense right now, I love it. Hopefully, HEB builds a MIXED use building to the right in this pic.