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Originally Posted by Fryguy
Seriously, the San Antonio downtown skyline has really changed with the addition of the Arts building and the Canopy. If San Antonio is to never get a 500 (or more) footer building, that would be fine but buildings 'need' to be at least (the min) of of 300 ft.
The pictures don't do justice, the skyline really has improved. Sadly, however, I do not see (and I said this last year) - if nothing new was to be announced by year end of 2018 then we shouldn't see anything new) - anything new of significant height for years to come.
-Fry
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Like I said before, Weston's planning numerous residential buildings downtown which will not top out at 5 stories due to their intention to use concrete and steel rather than wood frame. "Craig and Jensen said the company prefers projects that rise more than five stories—more of the taller, steel-and-concrete variety than the shorter, wood-framed structures that have predominately been built during the downtown area’s revitalization the last decade" (
https://saheron.com/a-glimpse-at-wes...n-in-10-years/ ). If they're going that route on some quite small lots then they could be pretty tall, as there's not much disincentive to do so. The taller they are the more units they build, increasing long term profitability. I think we're done seeing new stick-built, short residential structures in the downtown area.