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Originally Posted by Restless 1
I would say in each of these cases HDRC was a non-factor. None had proposals that were abandoned. It was more the overall nature of doing business in San Antonio and downtown.
Perhaps, and perhaps the prospect of dealing with HDRC meant no proposal for DT was ever in the working.
SKW:
You have posted nothing logical.
http://tpr.org/post/historic-and-des...oskes-building
Where is that Joske's tower again? How did the Grand Hyatt end up with the design it has, when nearly everyone on this board favored a previous design proposal? How many times has Cattleman's Square had to go back to them?
Not to mention the perpetual beige DT we all lament.
Not saying everything they do is bad, or that we are the only city to go through this, but to say they are not a factor at all is plain foolishness.
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It's obvious you're very young. The concept isn't hard to get. A developer will not let having to deal with the HDRC keep them from building.
Will the HDRC deny a project causing the developer to abandoned the project, sure. It has happened in some causes.
Josie's was one of those causes but that developer still wants to build on the joske building.
Aside from that one example, which doesn't even prove your claim, what other high profile or non high profile project has the HDRC denied and then had the developer abandoned said project?
There's really only one thing that developers care about. Money.
That is what decides whether they're going to build a high rise. Not the HDRC.
Does their investment make sense? Will the project make them a return on said investment? It's a money game. Not a "I don't want to deal with the HDRC" issue. The economics have to work for the developer.
As for the beige color, that as well has nothing to do with the HDRC either.